When Doing Good is Hard....

With reference to an earlier post (click HERE) on Kindness and young people being selfish nowadays, the article below on China offers another perspective. People's selfishness can be attributed to the legal system that allows a Samaritan to be sued by the person he has helped, resulting in a fear or aversion towards helping others.
Note:
1) the Wang Yue and Peng Yu incidents which are apparently landmark cases that are often cited
2) the opening with a BANG using a quotation
3) the idea that legislation has its limitations when it comes to influencing social behaviour...... one cannot legislate altruism, love and relationships; think the Parents' Maintenance Act in Singapore where the law is in a sense trying enforce filial piety.....Consider the idea that legislation may be effective in trying to deter one from doing bad things via the use of threats of punishment, but to use the same method to 'force' one to do good things is a different story altogether. To do good things, the willingness and sincerity must be there, otherwise it is only for show and makes a mockery of the good act.

Sample Qn: 'Young people today have only selfish desires.' Do you agree?

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