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Originally Posted by Andreas
Sure, but doing so for your enemies even in situations where it would pose significant danger to yourself and when you don't have a duty to act is uncommon. Not non-existent, but rare.
For example consider the bystander effect. Under the right conditions a large majority of people choose to not help even when the one who needs help is not an enemy. |
Sometimes that can be caused by the assumption that someone else is already helping or that one cannot help. I remember seeing a homeless drunk passed out on the library lawn and knocking on the door to tell the staff then departing. I simply assumed that once the information was given to someone with a telephone my help was counterproductive and left.