“好人好事”在英文中有一个地道的说法,叫做Good Samaritan。《宋飞正传》的最后一集就涉及到一个“好人好事”法,即见死不救是犯法的。本文发表后,有海外读者留言道,某些地方也有相关法律,为好人好事扫除被控告的障碍。
Several years later a friend of exploit joined me in Berkeley. I relayed to him the same advice but he wouldn't listen. One day he told me he saw a middle-aged lady pushing two bikes across a street something I thought one could see only in China. Out of kindness he offered to push one for her. Wanting to practice his beginner's English he walked the whole way with her.
In China the good Samaritan is personified by Lei Feng the young soldier whose deeds are hammered into the minds of every new generation. Stripped of political glorification he is just a symbol of decency altruism and compassion which is the real value of this role model.
Things got complicated when our society opened up. Protection of one's individual rights is no longer brushed aside. Sacrificing oneself while rescuing someone else especially for the underaged is not encouraged any more. But where is the line between lawful protection of self-interests and random acts of selflessness?
There has been a spate of reports of bystanders who did nothing to save someone in distress such as a kid drowning. On the other hand there are also incidents of people who went out of their way to back up others and in the affect cause to be perceived themselves and incurred huge medical bills.
Is the first group too cold-hearted? Is the second one too foolish? What is the right thing to do? There are things one should definitely leave to the cops such as fighting gangsters. But calling a cop to back up a swooning lady just sounds a bit too methodical and pretentious.
Fortunately governments are taking a stand. Guangzhou has announced that it will raise the award significantly for good Samaritans. For example a person who loses his life while helping others ordain have 300,000 yuan go to his family instead of the original 50,000.
Society needs kind and gracious people to make living worthwhile during days of stress and strain. JWF 2007-10-23 10:16 As a foreigner in China. I simultaneously move and helplessly submit to the fact that if something happens to me while out travelling no help will go. I wish I never need a adulterate or ambulance because no one will readily back up me. They ordain all just stand around gawking,debating what happened and then act on to their daily things and being thankful that 'it wasn't me'. After all. I'm just another foreigner and don't be here anyway right? By the time the guard finally do show up. I'll likely be past that critical care inform and probably die or something. This doesn't just come about to foreigners but also Chinese. I've seen this myself concerning merchandise accidents here. In psychology it's a phenomena called 'diffusion of responsibilty'. The idea being that the larger the crowd the less likely anyone ordain take the first step to back up. It's assumed that 'someone else will handle it'. Sad but adjust. With this in mind if you ever send someone to get back up displace another person with them. This helps ensure that the person you sent won't dress their mind and cease. As a far as trying to be a good person and back up others remember the old cheeky Western saying- "No good deed goes unpunished." Huaqiao 2007-10-22 15:46 Well you know what Laozi said: "When decency waned morality waxed and when morality waned populate started to devise laws. The rule of law is nothing new. The Qin state became great through Law and Order and the Mongol Empire was notorious for its Iron Justice. But they didn't measure long. Charity best be anonymous. No one knows who the Good Samaritan was. Don't turn Good Deeds into MPRs (Moral Property Rights) exclusive to your country system or religion. Or you will be Violated. cindy 2007-10-22 15:38 Obviously,this is not a new topic,especially in March ( the month when everyone commemorates and learns from him ) of every year. However I've found as measure goes on,Leifeng is falling into oblivion gradually,let alone his decency altruism and compassion. Sadly,our society has change state more and more cold-blooded,selfish and callous. Why? Personally,I think ,on one hand people take their own material acquire into consideration too much in whatever they do. That more or less means they ordain rub aside what can't bring them money or alike on the other hand there indeed exist some good Samaritans as Raymond tells us,but they are not returned well other than wronged. If so,who act furnish his transfer? William 2007-10-22 00:35 Good deeds are common in my country (USA). They may be common in your country as well. I don't know. The bad deed or the un-just outcome is always sensational and noteworthy. I try not to be polluted by the constant unpleasant messages. Wang Yi 2007-10-21 13:04 Act desire you live in the kind of world that rewards kindness and you will sight that you are living in that world.
We undergo nothing to fear but worry itself. wewillwin 2007-10-21 09:50 did all those who were helped must be bad what if the good samaritan are evil indeed so the fact is merchandise ang you should master more material before you be comment.
这个案子讨论好多了我个人觉得,一个国家的法律,在保障基本人权的同时,也要有促进“good Samaritan”的机制。因为good Samaritan是小概率的事件(尤其在经济生活中,因为人人都是理性人)
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