---
title: "Proximity and Obligation"
number: 18
statement: "How should distance weigh in giving, and what do givers choose when they see honest comparisons?"
progress: "Experimental evidence on how givers allocate with and without comparisons, alongside a clear account of the moral positions."
conditions: ["proximity-pull"]
status: open
bounty: "Unfunded. The Question Bounties program will attach prizes once it is funded."
---

## Why it matters

The [Proximity Pull](/diagnosis/proximity-pull/) is partly a moral question and partly an information gap. The information gap can be closed, and then we can see what people choose.

## Where to start

A scoped survey experiment could test how comparisons across distance affect choices, with its cost and limits stated. The moral side is mapped in the [Disagreement Register](/record/disagreements/).