Ethicist Peter Singer asks us to consider: if you were on your way to work, wearing brand-new beautiful leather shoes, and you passed a small child, face down in a stream, would you run into the shallow water and save her life? Of course you would. It doesn’t matter what happens to your shoes; it doesn’t matter who the kid is. You can do it and so you must do it. And the same is true, if perhaps less dramatic, when it comes to your work. Any idea withheld is an idea taken away. It’s selfish to hold back when there’s a chance you have something to offer.
