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Originally Posted by MTI
I believe your passages are referring to "moral duty" being failed since there is no such thing, in the US legal environment, as a "guilty bystander." While there is a duty to take steps to rescue if you are employed in a certain manner (lifeguards, police, firemen) or situation (you are a parent or guardian or you cause an accident), there is no legal duty to rescue or render aid.
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I agree with that.
The studies in the program I watched were showing a responsibility factor. When a person witnesses a problem by themselves, they are more likely to take action to correct the problem. If there is another person around each person will look to the other for a cue and will end up doing nothing.
Another angle of their studies was how people will agree to whatever an assumed authority figure asks them to do.