UNITED STATES
Psychology Today
June 8, 2020
By Rosemary K.M. Sword and Philip Zimbardo Ph.D.
The Bystander Effect has contaminated our nation, including law enforcement
In the biblical parable of the Good Samaritan, a man from the ancient city of Samaria sees another man in pain lying in the road. Many people ignored the man and passed him by; but the Samaritan stopped to help him. He followed The Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. In a perfect world, we would all help one another in times of need. We would perform the altruistic act of assistance, without expecting anything in return, or considering unintended consequences. And ideally others would stop and help us if we were in need of assistance.
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