Humans care about the well-being of the world and the people in it, but that does not mean that they can be bothered to make the world better. In 1964 a young woman’s life was less important than the call of indifference. Her name was Catherine “Kitty” Genovese and she was ultimately murdered because her thirty-eight neighbors could not be bothered to lift a finger to save her life. If this were the case in today’s society, the thirty-eight witnesses would have more than likely put on trial for accessory to murder because current laws make it illegal to be so indifferent to such a gruesome and heinous crime. If everyone was this indifferent to all crime, there would be nonstop theft and murder, the society and economy would quickly fall apart and there would be total chaos. …show more content…
Lussen, the Assistant Chief Inspector on the Genovese case, he once said “the Kew Gardens slaying baffles him – not because it is a murder, but because the ‘good people’ failed to call the police” (Gansberg 129) it is astounding that not one of the thirty-eight would call the police because these were normal law abiding people who could not be compelled to call the police and save this young woman’s
Indifference is such a strong aggressor of evil that it can often cause us to forget that each of the people on this earth have their own lives. The people of today’s modern society are so focused on their own lives and what is on social media that they often disregard that every other human on the planet has their own lives and emotions. During World War II there was a ship called “St. Louis” that was filled with Jews trying to escape Nazi Germany, the ship made it to America and then it had to turn around and go back to Germany. People like to believe that the American military didn’t know about concentration camps but the truth is that the American military was just indifferent. To this day, people don’t understand why the “St. Louis” was
People may argue that being indifferent or ignorant on what is going on around them will keep them safe, because they do not feel responsible for helping others, mainly because they think they will be right in harm's way. No Matter how many good people there are in the world or if the world is all good, there will always be a at least one bad/negative person to go against the good people. By people showing some moral obligations in the world, the Earth would be
Peel’s principals “Police seek and preserve public favour not by catering to public opinion but by constantly demonstrating absolute impartial service to the law”,
In “Vices of Inattention,” Kathie Jennie wrote of the ways in which humans help facilitate or do terrible things, that clearly violate their morals, not necessarily by intentionally committing a physical act, but by inattentively allowing it to occur. She then divides the concept of inattentiveness into two categories: systematic self-deception through selective attention and willful ignorance, and that of what she refers to as “simple” inattention resulting from an unmotivated lack of focus. She asserts that we have duties to be attentive to morally significant matters, but as can be evidenced by many real-world examples, we often fall short of those obligations.
This case is of interest to both myself and society because Truscott was wrongly convicted based on the limited scientific knowledge available in 1959, and the police’s tunnel vision. They were so adamant on finding the killer that they became fixated on Truscott as the only suspect, and did’t bother widening their search. Because of this, evidence was tampered to frame Truscott. What happened to Truscott was a miscarriage of justice, which affects society’s confidence in the legal system, and it undermines the criminal justice system’s legitimacy.
A wise Ethiopian ruler, Haile Selassie, once said “throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph”. Throughout millennia, despite many differences in language, cultural, and social structures, humans all developed the same characteristics in their approach in tragedies happening around the world. When responding to tragedies, humans can either be aghast, furious, and eager to do whatever they can to help or they can be in support of the people who caused the tragedy. However, there is one response that is arguably worse than the latter: being
Have you ever done that? In Night, Elie’s father is getting beat up, although he tried to devise a strategy to help him out, he did not desire to be beaten either. “I did not move. I was afraid. My body was afraid of receiving the blow” (Wiesel 106). Also, there is a scene in which passengers were throwing coins and the natives were fighting for them. Elie tried to stop them, despite that, they responded, “Why not? I like giving to charity…” (Wiesel 95). This shows that the people around them are unconcerned about evil; for instance, someone can be murdered and no one would even be concerned. People are just letting wicked events happen, and if it goes on longer, our world will be in turmoil because the sinful incidents will continue to happen. That is the reason why indifference of evil is worse than evil, because it lets evil do whatever they wish without having people to care what
This essay will ‘compare and contrast’ two approaches made in investigating the ‘bystander effect’. It will discuss in some depth as to what exactly is meant by the bystander effect, illustrating when this concept was first shown and why. An outline will be made of the different methods used, those being experiments and discourse analysis, explaining each one in turn, within the framework of two cases. The first being the murder of ‘Catherine Genovese,’ 1964.and the second ‘James Bulger’ 1993. The essay will then show examples of the differences and similarities between each method. Concluding with a summary of findings into the two approaches to investigating the Bystander Effect.
This essay will critically analyse what affect the Macpherson report had on the Police Service and the murder of Stephen Lawrence. Jack Straw appointed Sir William Macpherson to examine the conduct of the Police Service in July 1997 (Peter Joyce, 2010, 59) following the racially motived attack on Stephen Lawrence leading to his death. The murder of Stephen Lawrence took place on the 22nd April 1993 while he was waiting for the bus with his friend Duwayne Brooks. Unfortunately Stephen Lawrence was fatally stabbed twice by a group of 5 or 6 racist white youths. The Macpherson report was issued because of a failing in the
On one very sad day last year in 2014 there was a shooting at parliament hill . A man named Zack killed one soldier. Tons of people were stacking up furniture blocking doors and praying for their lives. Police came as soon as possible, but it was very risky for people to be anywhere near the building because shots were heard multiple times. There was a policeman near by but he had to wait outside for backup because it was to dangerous to go in alone. Eventually the backup came and there was a total of fifteen policemen at the parliament hill building. The man made a video saying why he did this just after the shooting and the police did not catch him in the act, but they did eventually arrest
“The Perils of Indifference” shows the dangers of being indifferent as well. “The Perils of Indifference shows the dangers of indifference because it shows what indifferent causes.“Indifference has caused a dark shadow over humanity: two world wars, many civil wars, the senseless assassinations, and the countless bloodbaths”. This quote shows that being indifferent causes many horrible things around the world like world wars and civil wars. It shows how if you don't care and you let the government have all of the power the government can do whatever they want with that
Indifference has many different consequences, but the pain that it inflicts on its victims is a major cause for concern. This pain is a result of people with indifference turning their backs on these victims. Franklin D. Roosevelt denying 1,000 Jews U.S entry and sending them back to Nazi Germany shows just how horrible indifference is. It’s near impossible to understand what those Jews must have felt when they were forced to go back to the same country that was enslaving and murdering their race. We as a society can prevent such things from happening by offering victims of indifference support systems. People would have to put aside their fear of what would happen if they chose a side, and remember that those victims are humans just like
Wiesel describes indifference has such a horrible thing. For example, "Indifference, then is not only a sin, it is a punishment." I believe indifference still exists in the world we live in today. For example, someone who ignores someone who has just dropped their books or someone who doesn't tell a person of authority that someone is getting bullied. So indifference is not a rare thing because it can happen in school or wherever we go. I don't think there have been recent events that have had tragic outcomes because people do not
Because we are taught to only care about ourselves, we are highly apathetic about others, especially those that we do not have direct contact with. We simply do not care about the conditions that other people live in, how or whether they eat, or whether they have a dry, safe place to sleep at night. As long as how others live does not affect us, we have no reason to care, because society teaches us that we are the only ones that matter. As long as we are happy, we don’t have to care about anybody else. Even if we are not happy, we only need to care about others just enough to get them to give us
We as people are cold, ruthless, harsh, kind, compassionate and generous. This is what makes us humane. We as humans care; we care about the recent presidential elections, we care about the terrorist attacks in the Middle Eastern countries and we care about the lack of food, the lack of water and the lack of homes in African countries. This is because it is our basic human right to care, whether it affects us or not. Although every single human has the ability to care, it is the choices we make that defines us as humans. We chose Donald Trump as the President, we chose to desensitize the bombings in Islamic countries through media, and we have the choice to send aid and relief workers to third world countries. So it is our mentality as citizens