Good afternoon everyone, as you know I am Nic Perino. Today, we discussed an essential question that has been examined in many cases around the world; Should a bystander be guilty? Inaction in the face of injustice makes individuals morally culpable. We have expressed a manifold of ways of why a bystander is blameworthy in a crime situation. All in all, my partner and I resolutely feel that bystanders should be apprehended because of our facts to back up our rationale.
To begin, there is always something that the spectator can do to try and stop the crime that is taking place. Dialing 9-1-1 into the keyboard of a phone is not a strenuous task to accomplish. Running to get help, or even screaming to let someone know where you are so they …show more content…
10 people were involved in an assault in a back alley at the school that went on for more than two-and-a-half hours. 10 people stood around and watched without calling 9-1-1 to report it. Police say some witnesses took photos, while others laughed,” according to CNN's Jack Cafferty.
The minute the onlooker witnesses a crime, and makes contact with the eyes of the person being attacked, what does that make them? They are the most important person in the victim's life. They are the one that could save their life, or protect them. By not helping, the witness has their blood on their hands. Furthermore, “In some states, it is actually a law that if someone is a passive bystander, they are guilty in court, only if they are physically able,” said in an article from The New York Times (Klosterman).
Moreover, someone can also be evaluated as a bystander if they are aware of an incident that will take place in the near future and do not try to impede it. “According to this point of view, when bystanders are in a position to save human life or prevent a victim’s suffering, but do not, then they are in fact guilty for the victim’s fate,” stated in the same article by the The New York Times
To begin, there is always something that the spectator can do to try and stop the crime that is taking place. Dialing 9-1-1 into the keyboard of a phone is not a strenuous task to accomplish. Running to get help, or even screaming to let someone know where you are so they …show more content…
10 people were involved in an assault in a back alley at the school that went on for more than two-and-a-half hours. 10 people stood around and watched without calling 9-1-1 to report it. Police say some witnesses took photos, while others laughed,” according to CNN's Jack Cafferty.
The minute the onlooker witnesses a crime, and makes contact with the eyes of the person being attacked, what does that make them? They are the most important person in the victim's life. They are the one that could save their life, or protect them. By not helping, the witness has their blood on their hands. Furthermore, “In some states, it is actually a law that if someone is a passive bystander, they are guilty in court, only if they are physically able,” said in an article from The New York Times (Klosterman).
Moreover, someone can also be evaluated as a bystander if they are aware of an incident that will take place in the near future and do not try to impede it. “According to this point of view, when bystanders are in a position to save human life or prevent a victim’s suffering, but do not, then they are in fact guilty for the victim’s fate,” stated in the same article by the The New York Times