Task 1. Are these statements true or false? Give arguments to support your choice.

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The Apathetic Bystanders

Case Study

Task 5. Write (present) the main idea of the text using the highlighted words.

Task 4. Translate the sentences from Russian into English

1. Каждое право влечет за собой ответственность.

2. В то время как частные права важны, они должны соответствовать социальной ответственности.

3. Только потому, что у Вас есть законное право сделать (или не сделать) что-то не означает, что это как раз то, что надо сделать.

4. Права были расширены на женщин, меньшинства и людей с ограниченными возможностями, всех тех, кто ранее был исключен из полноправного участия в обществе.

5. Установить равновесие между правами и обязанностями может быть трудным.

The Case of…

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1. A failure to assist a person in need is a crime or tort.

2. There is a legal duty to assist a person in need due to the relationship between them.

a. Parents have a legal duty to help their children.

b. Spouses have a legal duty to help one another.

3. There is an affirmative duty to act because one party has assumed the responsibility either by contract or otherwise.

a. A day care center has a duty to call an ambulance if a child under its care has a seizure.

b. A day care worker walking home from work has a duty to help a child who is having a seizure on the other side of the road.

c. A lifeguard has a duty to assist a drowning swimmer in the area being guarded.

d. A nearby swimmer who is a certified guard can be held criminally responsible for failing to help.

4. A duty to help exists where one person has caused the situation.

a. A negligent driver who hits another car, injury to the other driver, has a duty to call an ambulance for that other one driver.

Catherine "Kitty" Genovese was attacked and stabbed to death in 1964 in a highly populated area of Queens, New York. During the half-hour ordeal, 38 people heard Kitty's screams for help and watched from their windows. Twice the killer was scared off by the sound of voices and the realization that he was being watched. However, both times, when it became obvious that nobody was going to call the police, the killer returned to finish off his victim. Rather than giveanyaid to Kitty, such as calling the police or an ambulance, all 38 bystanders chose to pull theirshades, draw their blinds, and ignore Kitty's urgent pleas for help as her life was taken by the deranged attacker.

stabbed to death – заколота до смерти

ordeal– суровое испытание

scare off– спугивать

finish off– добить

give aid– оказывать помощь

bystanders– случайные свидетели

plea for help– мольба о помощи

deranged– безумный, невменяемый