http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2008/06/05/bystander-apathy/ Political News, Progressive Commentary, Liberal Opinions and Common Sense Conversation... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:40:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2008/06/05/bystander-apathy/comment-page-1/#comment-13394 Ron C. de Weijze Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:51:37 +0000 http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2008/06/05/bystander-apathy/#comment-13394 Bystander Apathy is one of the most obvious effects that groups have on people considering themselves part of the group: individual accountability is eliminated. It is often nice to not have to carry the heaviness of being and let the whole be more than the sum of parts. However, this should not, should never replace independent individual evaluation, confirmation or rejection. So being in a group is nice, being a leader is probably even better, but the audacity of keeping your own capacity of decision making is best. Bystander Apathy is one of the most obvious effects that groups have on people considering themselves part of the group: individual accountability is eliminated. It is often nice to not have to carry the heaviness of being and let the whole be more than the sum of parts. However, this should not, should never replace independent individual evaluation, confirmation or rejection. So being in a group is nice, being a leader is probably even better, but the audacity of keeping your own capacity of decision making is best.

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