What Makes a Person Care About Someone Else?
APRIL 7, 2007 Listen to this Story
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This weekend is the 13th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, when over a million people were victims of ethnic cleansing and the international community was accused of not taking any action. We wondered what makes certain causes bring people to act, while in other situations people stand by and do nothing? Professor Paul Slovic from the University of Oregon says a person's actions may depend on how she focuses on the event.
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- Artist: Couch
- CD: Figur 5 (Morr)
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