[Vision2020] Fwd: Breaking news from lmtribune.com

[Paul Rumelhart]

Didn't they even put laws in place to make sure that you couldn't be 
sued if you did help but made things worse?  Which is a legitimate 
concern if such laws were put in place.  Amateur help is not always 
better than no help at all.

Paul

On 05/14/2011 04:18 PM, Reggie Holmquist wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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
>     <mailto:thansen at moscow.com>>/* wrote:
>
>
>         From: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com <mailto:thansen at moscow.com>>
>         Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fwd: Breaking news from lmtribune.com
>         To: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
>         <mailto:donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>>, "Joe Campbell"
>         <philosopher.joe at gmail.com
>         <mailto:philosopher.joe at gmail.com>>, "vision2020 at moscow.com
>         <mailto:vision2020 at moscow.com>" <vision2020 at moscow.com
>         <mailto: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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