[Vision2020] Fwd: Breaking news from lmtribune.com

[Reggie Holmquist]

We covered this pretty extensively in Torts last semester.  There is no duty
to help someone else unless you have a special relationship with that person
(guardian, for example).  CPR certification does not create a duty that I am
aware of.  If it did, that would only discourage people from getting CPR
certification.

-Reggie

On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Donovan Arnold <
donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Tom,
>
> If you are CPR certified you are required to help.
>
>
> Donovan Arnold
>
>
> --- On *Sat, 5/14/11, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fwd: Breaking news from lmtribune.com
> To: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>, "Joe Campbell" <
> philosopher.joe at gmail.com>, "vision2020 at moscow.com" <vision2020 at moscow.com
> >
> Date: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 1:23 PM
>
>
> Donovan Arnold stated:
>
> "Nobody is morally or ethically responsible to prevent a bad event if
> their action knowingly would result in something worse."
>
> In my opinion moral and ethical responsibility is determined individually.
>
> If I were fishing from a dock on Lake Coeur d'Alene and observed a child
> slowly drowning . . . although I may not be legally responsible . . . I
> would consider myself to be ethically and morally responsible to take
> action to prevent the child from drowning.
>
> Footnote:  If I were fishing on a lake in Germany and observed a child
> drowning, I WOULD BE legally responsible to take action to prevent the
> child from drowning.  I could be arrested and jailed in Germany, but not
> in the United States.  If you were to drive by an unattended accident and
> didn't stop to offer help, you would be held criminally liable.
>
> Just some laws I think the US should consider.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to
> changeand the Realist adjusts his sails."
>
> - Unknown
>
>
>
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