The BystanderWiley, 1996 - 186 pages A bystander is someone who does not become involved when someone else needs help. This book investigates the meaning of bystanding behaviour in ordinary life as well as in counselling psychology and psychotherapeutic practice, its supervision and organization. It is about helping and not helping, giving and getting help, and some ways of thinking and acting in our increasingly complex moral world. Bystanding is seen as a major way in which people disempower themselves and others. It works at the juncture of the individual and the collective, the person and the group, the citizen and the state, the patient and the psychotherapist. This book provides an exploration of the psychological and social costs of convenience-neutrality, non-involvement or avoidance of responsibility and gives some guidelines on dealing with the difficult issues of bystanding in ourselves and others. |
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Page 93
... questions affect every life , no matter how young . A 5 - year - old in the playground has to make a choice between ... question which is best left to others more qualified to pursue . However , ethical education cuts across attempts to ...
... questions affect every life , no matter how young . A 5 - year - old in the playground has to make a choice between ... question which is best left to others more qualified to pursue . However , ethical education cuts across attempts to ...
Page 135
... question which is addressed to the world , and I must communicate my answer , for otherwise I am dependent upon the ... questions and to choose their actions rather than respond with knee - jerk reflexes essentially borrowed from others ...
... question which is addressed to the world , and I must communicate my answer , for otherwise I am dependent upon the ... questions and to choose their actions rather than respond with knee - jerk reflexes essentially borrowed from others ...
Page 169
... Questions are always asked in a One Step Removed way , for exam- ple , ' How could we keep ourselves safe even if ... someone bigger than us was about to hurt us ? ' This generalised question may concern bullying to one person , assault ...
... Questions are always asked in a One Step Removed way , for exam- ple , ' How could we keep ourselves safe even if ... someone bigger than us was about to hurt us ? ' This generalised question may concern bullying to one person , assault ...
Contents
Responsibility and liability | 14 |
The moral demand | 27 |
Wholeness | 31 |
Copyright | |
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