various possible scenarios
1) i see that thieves entering my neighbor's home [who has gone to a party with his family] and i ignore it and quietly start watching tv and let the theft happen
2) if while entering a subway, i see that a young girl is being molested there by 2 big men, and i quietly flee from there, thinking that if i try to do something maybe i myself will get beating [or maybe injury] at hands of those 2 men
3) i see my brother picking pocket of someone while we both were in a crowded market, and i remain quiet with the thought that let him steal, its good for him that he gets free money [thinking that his good is of course my good]
i want to analyse my inaction from 2 perspectives- my 'presumed inability' to affect the outcome of an event in progress, and secondly, my 'deliberate indifference' about something happening. do these 2 perspectives make a difference to my inaction being a crime or not
2007-02-17
00:36:27
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Rishabh Singla
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Law & Ethics