The recent story about the NY Subway hero, Wesley Autrey, begs a few questions.
How capable are most people of doing such selfish acts? Is such a capacity to care about our fellow man unconditionally an exceedingly rare quality or do alot of normal people possess it?
It is hard to know for sure because the media usually doesn't bother with good news.
What are your thoughts?
2007-01-12 09:52:06 · 1 answers · asked by Zeek 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
oops. I meant to say selfless, not selfish. I am now very embarassed. Please disregard my stupidity, thank you.
2007-01-12 11:05:40 · update #1
Might want to reword the question, you put "selfish" and not "selfless".
Personally, yes, I believe there are a lot more people out there in the world that are capable of committing heroic, selfless deeds in their everyday lives than they are given the credit for.
Sad fact, more people are capable of committing murder than saving a life, and a murder mystery or a manhunt just gets more readers than a self-sacrificing individual's news article.
Curse you, sensationalist news and yellow journalism! Enough about what/who someone tried to sell on ebay!
2007-01-12 10:32:17 · answer #1 · answered by Neil-Rob 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋