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Bystander Phenomenon Research Paper

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Get involved in disputes. Help those that need help. We are suppose to help each other, and it has a chain reaction, others respond when you help. I watch people just standing by, witnessing abuse of all kinds,racial,sexual,animal, and even abuse of children. Why do we sometimes put our moral instincts in shackles? Every day we serve as bystanders to the world around us—not just to people in need on the street but to larger social, political, and environmental problems that concern us, but which we feel powerless to address on our own. Indeed, the bystander phenomenon pervades the history of the past century. One person does make a difference, even if your action just gives others the inspiration to act themselves. In my lifetime, I have
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