Should Being a Bystander Be a Crime?
b'We all like to think we\\u2019d help someone in danger, but too often people stand by because they\\u2019re afraid to intervene or assume someone else will do it. Should it be a crime to be a bystander? What if you don\\u2019t witness the harm, but you suspect it\\u2019s happening, and you\\u2019re in a position to intervene? Does failing to stop the abuse make you an enabler? In this week\\u2019s podcast episode, we explore the impact of people choosing to stand by or enable abuse. We learn about an effort to pass laws that would put people in jail if they fail to help. We also hear from a young man whose heroic intervention on a subway platform went viral, and we discover how to resist the urge to be a bystander and become a helper instead. \\n\\nPodcast Guests: \\nAya Hibben, undergradute student in political science and pre-law, University of Utah, Research Assistant for The Bystander Initiative \\n\\nAmos Guiora, professor of law, Founder of The Bystander Initiative, S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah \\n\\nBryce Demopoulos, pre-med student at Cornell University, viral helper\\n\\nElizabeth Svoboda, Author of \\u201cWhat Makes a Hero: The Surprising Science of Selflessness\\u201d and \\u201cThe Life Heroic: How to Unleash Your Most Amazing Self\\u201d\\n\\n**This episode is part of Season 3 on Top of Mind: Finding Fairness. From health and immigration to prisons and pot, how can we get more peace and prosperity for all?'