The behaviors of the 18 passersby It is frustrated to tell that none of the 18 passersby aided in saving the Chinese girl,

some even pretending they did not notice about the bleeding girl. This issue has been widely discussed after her death announcement. We would say, the tragic happened due to the moral degeneracy among the society. Selfish A special report titled China Churches in !inancial Tsunami" pointed out that, from last two decades, people in China are following the trend # $%oney is everything&. 'eople are li(ely to neglect the welfare of theirs and others&, all they want is )ust to ma(e money as money has became the standard of )udgment for self*value. In this case, 18 passersby might thin( that saving a child is not as important as earning money+ they have to rush for other wor(s. They thin( that is no harm for not saving, others will do it as well. Also, saving her did not bring monetary benefit. Cooled-hearted These cruel persons have no sympathy towards the victim. They did not offer any help to the in)ured girl which met the hit*and*run accident twice in less than 1, minutes time. The pedestrians )ust went past without giving a glance to the girl are facing moral turpitude and have to be redressed by ad)usting the value and attitude. Afraid of troublesome The passersby chose not to save her as they are not going to ta(e any ris( which might causes troublesome. They are worried about if the drivers are not arrested, the public might misunderstood that they are the perpetrator and shift the blame on themselves, and they are afraid of being accused by the public or even they might be sued of hurting the toddler.

Gender bias In Chinese culture, boys are more preferable than girls. This stereotype has started from thousands year ago+ as boys carry the family name and care for their parents in their old age while girls marry and change their names, and the family has to provide a dowry, causing some financial hardship for the family. There is a one child policy" in China+ if people are pregnant with a girl they would usually give up the girl with abortion. In this case, we can assume that, the 18 passersby ignored the victim because of her gender. -ven one passerby was hand in hand with a child and they )ust past by li(e nothing is happening+ she has no empathy towards the in)ured girl. Kin selection .in selection is an evolutionary theory that proposes that people are more li(ely to help those who are blood relatives because it will increase the odds of gene transmission to future generations. The more closely the individuals are related, the more li(ely people are to help. We can assume that the 18 passerby were not willing to help the toddler as they are not blood*related.