Abstract
Our legal code prescribes no general duty, other than moral, to come to the aid of another human being who is in danger, even though the outcome is to cost him his life and even though no greater act is required of the putative rescuer, as in the Genovese situation, than phoning the police. This principle of law is so deeply established and solidly entrenched that there are no known reported cases directly controverting it.
Recommended Citation
Gerald L. Gordon, Moral Challenge to the Legal Doctrine of Rescue, 14 Clev.-Marshall L. Rev. 334 (1965)