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    Is being a bully or a bystander worse? I know that being a by standard is worse. The reason is you are watching a kid get hurt by another kid. The bystanders should go tell a teacher or an adult. Bullies are bad also but I would feel a lot worse watching an innocent kid get hurt. These are some of the reasons students are bullied. Some kids are bullied because of their race and others their religion. They may be bullied because of their friends or the people that they like to hang out with

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    In today’s society‚ the Monomyth Archetype is prevalent in various forms such as television‚ films‚ books‚ and real life. Joseph Campbell founded the Monomyth Archetype theory‚ it involves a hero or heroine transcending the three main stages: separation‚ struggle or initiation‚ and return and reintegration. More specifically‚ this theory is predominant in the short genre‚ "The Step Not Taken"‚ by Paul D’Angelo. In the first stage‚ the protagonist is confronted with a journey of whether to provide

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    helping of genetic relatives‚ which results in the greater likelihood that genes held in common will survive ( 2010‚ page 392). Another one is altruistic which is motivated by the desire to improve another’s welfare ( ). The author also describes the bystander effect in which the presence of others inhibits helping in an emergency indicates why the five steps necessary for helping—noticing‚ interpreting‚ taking responsibility‚ deciding how to help‚ and providing help. People are most likely to help others

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    08 Nov 2012 Action or Inaction and the Ethics of Choice One of Peter Singer’s four main principles of ethics is that we are just as responsible for our inactions as we are for our actions. This means that we as human beings have an ethical obligation to act if we witness something wrong happening. Even if we do not see it but we know it is going on‚ then once we possess that knowledge we have also incurred a moral duty to act. Without this obligation‚ we become a liability to the community

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    Bullies vs Bystanders According to “Tales of Bullying” more than 15‚000 kids got suspended in 2008-2009 because of bullying and bystanders helping them. Bullying has caused lots of suicides. Also bullying has caused depression and other sorts of things. Bullying is a terrible thing that a lot of people can do. A bystander is far worse than a bully because of they keep the bullies’ courage up‚ they are helping a suicide‚ and they can simply can stop the bullying.

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    Who do you think the Holocaust is truly to blame for? As many people would say‚ the true guilty one is Adolf Hitler‚ the man who commanded the death of millions. However‚ bystanders were just as guilty as the perpetrators for not helping the victims in times of need. This is because the moment you become a bystander‚ you are immediately taking responsibility for what the perpetrators do. As Elie Wiesel himself said‚ “To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.” As you may

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    “Tales of Bullying‚” bullying can result in suicide‚ depression‚ and just why would you want to put someone down? You may ask one of the reasons could be they felt left out so they feel that you should too. I also think a bully is worse than a bystander because they can cause suicides‚ guilt‚ and they lose trust. I would not lose trust from my family just to bully somebody. I don’t know about you but I don’t get a good feeling when I put someone down. That is pretty crazy if you like putting people

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    what if you were put in the position to defend someone. Would you do it? Most people’s initial response would be: “Yes! Of course!” But are you willing to get involved and possibly take the risk of being accused? Taking a second guess? I believe bystanders have an obligation to get involved in whatever case comes up in the safest possible manner. As an example‚ I will be using the cases of Shanda Sharer. Shanda was a girl being tortured by four other girls her age‚ at first. Two of the girls‚ Lawrence

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    old Jason Cisneros got shot‚ while trying to protect a woman from an attacker. Maybe this is why so many people won’t try to help others that are in danger‚ bystanders are afraid that if they intervene‚ they’ll get hurt or in trouble for doing the wrong thing or they simply just don’t want to get involved. That’s why I believe the bystander law should be enforced mainly because there will be less robberies less murderers knowing there will be many people watching‚ and person seeing these things occur

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    Bystander Attitudes. A list of 20 prosocial bystander behaviors will be given to participants. Participants will be asked to indicate their level of willingness to engage in that particular prosocial bystander behavior using a five-point Likert scale (where 1 = not willing at all and 5 = extremely willing). A total score on bystander attitudes will be obtained by adding the ratings across the items. Prosocial Personality Orientations. The Prosocial Personality Battery (PSB) will be used to measure

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