Unsurprisingly, the society we are bestowed upon is acceptably not perfect. However, a symbiotic world of those who chooses to act with immorality and those who assume it is acceptable is unbearable for god’s eye. In an article “The Dying Girl That No One Helped”, by Loudon Wainwright, he talks about the event of which a girl was stabbed to death with 38 witnesses that did not choose to help her. In the view of Wainwright he states, “We are becoming callous, chickenhearted and immoral people”. (Wainwright) Wainwright, based on the allegory, said that we are callous and immoral because the 38 witness did nothing to help the women. However, we aren’t becoming callous, chickenhearted, or immoral. We did not do anything immoral, we just did not
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That is why the deputy district attorney, Peggy Lien, in Nevada decided not to press any charges against David Cash. David Cash witnessed little girl raped and murdered by his friend at a casino. Cash saw the action taken in place but failed to recognize and react properly to the event. Cash is later scolded by social media. Lien explained that it was impossible to put any legal charges against David Cash because, “Moral reprehensibility is not a crime”. (The Bad Samaritan) Due to the fact that David cash did not physically assist in the crime, the office could not charge any legal consequences however, “He is certainly accountable in the court of public opinion”. David Cash in an interview argued that he did not want to get involved being in the situation. Because of David’s false accusation, the little girl had been raped and murdered. Naturally, the people wanted David Cash to be charged for his absence of morality by kicking him out of his school, but the principle stated that they can not kick him out; He did not do anything against the law or school policy and would be not possible for him to be expelled. David Cash is immured to life sentence in the eye of society, but he did not do anything lawfully wrong. Thus, standing up against immorality is concluded as only an option that would be wavered by the amount …show more content…
For the moment the boys were a closed circuit of sympathy with piggy outside” (20). This quote demonstrates how we stand up to immorality because Ralph, the leader, told everyone in the group that his name was Piggy even though Piggy especially told Ralph not to tell anyone. After the situation Ralph did not attempt to vindicate the accident, because he wants to grapple onto as much respect and power as a leader. In this condition Piggy is now more than ever outcasted hence the quote, “For the moment the boys were a closed circuit of sympathy with Piggy outside” (20). Sequentially, Ralph did not want to stand up for Piggy because it would hurt his reputation too much and in doing so would lose his respect from his
That is why the deputy district attorney, Peggy Lien, in Nevada decided not to press any charges against David Cash. David Cash witnessed little girl raped and murdered by his friend at a casino. Cash saw the action taken in place but failed to recognize and react properly to the event. Cash is later scolded by social media. Lien explained that it was impossible to put any legal charges against David Cash because, “Moral reprehensibility is not a crime”. (The Bad Samaritan) Due to the fact that David cash did not physically assist in the crime, the office could not charge any legal consequences however, “He is certainly accountable in the court of public opinion”. David Cash in an interview argued that he did not want to get involved being in the situation. Because of David’s false accusation, the little girl had been raped and murdered. Naturally, the people wanted David Cash to be charged for his absence of morality by kicking him out of his school, but the principle stated that they can not kick him out; He did not do anything against the law or school policy and would be not possible for him to be expelled. David Cash is immured to life sentence in the eye of society, but he did not do anything lawfully wrong. Thus, standing up against immorality is concluded as only an option that would be wavered by the amount …show more content…
For the moment the boys were a closed circuit of sympathy with piggy outside” (20). This quote demonstrates how we stand up to immorality because Ralph, the leader, told everyone in the group that his name was Piggy even though Piggy especially told Ralph not to tell anyone. After the situation Ralph did not attempt to vindicate the accident, because he wants to grapple onto as much respect and power as a leader. In this condition Piggy is now more than ever outcasted hence the quote, “For the moment the boys were a closed circuit of sympathy with Piggy outside” (20). Sequentially, Ralph did not want to stand up for Piggy because it would hurt his reputation too much and in doing so would lose his respect from his