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Q1: What is a person’s responsibility when another’s human rights are being violated? “Behind the windows, behind their shutters, our compatriots looked.

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1 Q1: What is a person’s responsibility when another’s human rights are being violated? “Behind the windows, behind their shutters, our compatriots looked out at us as we passed” (29). The people watching don’t do anything, even though they see other people’s right to freedom being violated.

2 Q1: What is a person’s responsibility when another’s human rights are being violated? “Behind the windows, behind their shutters, our compatriots looked out at us as we passed” (29). The people watching don’t do anything, even though they see other people’s right to freedom being violated. Best angel question: What could the people have done instead of watching? Best devil question: What does this have to do with their responsibilities?

3 Q1: What is a person’s responsibility when another’s human rights are being violated? “Behind the windows, behind their shutters, our compatriots looked out at us as we passed” (29). The people watching don’t do anything, even though they see other people’s right to freedom being violated. Angel answer: They may not have been able to stop the Nazis, but they could at least have come out to show the Jews they cared. Devil answer: Even if people do not have the power to protect others from suffering, they have a responsibility to help ease that suffering when they can.

4 Q1: What is a person’s responsibility when another’s human rights are being violated? “Behind the windows, behind their shutters, our compatriots looked out at us as we passed” (29). The people watching don’t do anything, even though they see other people’s right to freedom being violated. They may not have been able to stop the Nazis, but they could at least have come out to show the Jews they cared. Even if people do not have the power to protect others from suffering, they have a responsibility to help ease that suffering when they can.


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