A Man in a Wheelchair Is Waiting at a Subway

question 30

Multiple Choice

A man in a wheelchair is waiting at a subway station with several other people,when he gets swarmed by a group of unruly teens-they poke fun at him and race him up and down the station platform in his chair.Why do the witnesses do nothing?

• A) The more bystanders there are,the less responsibility each person feels to intervene.
• B) People might have assumed the victim was acquainted with his assailants.
• C) People do not like to interfere in other people's business.
• D) Everyone is too frightened to intervene;they all fear for their own safety.

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