Answer the Following Question in Paragraph Format

Name: Pd.

PART A: Write a 5-sentence response to the following question: How responsible are we for helping others in need?

PART B: Fill in the chart for each scenario described. Assume that you do NOT have a cell phone available under any scenario.

Scenario / What COULD you do? / What WOULD you do? / What SHOULD you do? / What accounts for the differences?
A: You’re walking alone down a street in an unfamiliar neighborhood at 2am. You hear screams coming from a dark alley as you pass. Remember, you have no cell phone on you.
∫ˆScenario / What COULD you do? / What WOULD you do? / What SHOULD you do? / What accounts for the differences?
B: After a concert, you are walking to your car alone, you notice an injured man in a vacant lot. He is bleeding from the head and unconscious, and he may be homeless.
C: You’re driving home from a friend’s house when you pass a man and woman who are fighting on the sidewalk. The man begins to hit the woman as she screams.
D: It’s early morning and you’re walking across campus to study in the library before class. No one else is out and about on campus yet except for two guys who are physically fighting.
E: You witness a car accident. There are no other witnesses.

PART C:

Answer the following question in paragraph format.

Considering today’s discussion, discuss the relationship between the law and morals. How does what we should do under the law compare to what we should do morally? Do you think the law should impose a greater duty on people to come to the assistance of others, or should this be an individual decision? Explain your response. Your response is worth 10 points.