Prometheus
Master
I agree. But. What if you saw him hitting her. And I'm not talking about a slap. I mean a beating. Should you intervene then? Of course you'd call the cops. But could you just stand there and watch, and not get involved?
Could you or should you.
I think the answer here would determine what sort of beating she was taking. Are we talking about a slap or two, or is she down on the ground getting the crap kicked out of her.
Also Is she screaming for help or scream "Please baby, please stop, I love you, I won't do it again".
I would venture to say any person witnessing a woman getting the crap kicked out of her while she is screaming for help has a moral DUTY to do more than just call 9-1-1.
I would also say that any person witnessing a person get a few slaps probably shouldn't intervene.
A person has moral DUTY to defend another person when they are able to. That is one reason why this country is so fracked up. COWARDS rule this nation. Face it, the majority of Americans (that means at least 50.1%) are cowards. Sorry I'm rolling off on a tangent here, I digress.
How or if you should act depends entirely on the situation. Sometimes calling the cops and being the witness for the physical abuse is a much better route to go, because cop the can arrest even if the victim is too scared to admit to any abuse.