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HUMA 1100
Dowsakul
16 October 2019
Depending on the type of crime, my moral responsibility for a crime like stealing
would be to report the crime to the store owner or to law enforcement and resolve the
issue immediately. But in reality, I would witness the fight and hope the issue is solved
later on and do nothing to resolve the issue. The article written for this question
mentions the ideology of “offering an explanation about a social problem, but then take
no action to change things themselves (Burrowes).” In my personal thoughts, I feel that
some issues have more control than others, but in this instance, it’s not my
responsibility to solve an issue like this, which goes along with the philosophy about my
moral responsibility as a human being. In the video about the psychology of evil by
Zimbardo, he goes off on a tangent on how the emphasis of heroic figures are not seen
at an early age, and how we should always choose the right in any given circumstance.
Branching out, depending on the crime, if assault were to happen, I would try my best to
stop the scene. But if I was threaten to get killed if I were to stop the fight, the scenario
would be hard me to stop, preventing me from stopping a crime.
HUMA 1100
Dowsakul
16 October 2019
Expanding on this idea of “some”, this question maybe asking about the idea of charity,
and who donates: the rich or the middle-class? This idea of the rich donating their assets
towards charities due to disposable income is common and is expected by working-
class people on how donating tools that will help provide vaccinations, water pumps,
and education, is seen as prominent for the higher class. The middle-class is seen as
constantly working, 9-to-5, shows how they must support themselves than the lives of
others. Along with going with idea of one’s life being “worth more”, or relationships with
others might dictate whether they’re important to us due to moral needs. For example,
family considers in that we are exposed to the daily, and we develop relationships with
them, being worth more than others.