Who do you think breaks the law in our society ? If you believe that only tough guys commit crimes , you may have to think again . Unlike in the movies , we can’t divide the world into bad guys and model citizens . Real life is much more complex In the same way that diseases range from the common cold to fatal forms of cancer , crimes vary in degree . For example , smoking on an elevator will inconvenience people , but much less than threatening them with a gun .
In addition to breaking the law themselves , people tolerate various levels of crime . Why are we tolerant of some crimes ? It may be that , by seeing others do something , we accept it more easily . For instance , most people will find it easier to speed on a highway when everybody else is driving over the speed limit . So the people around us influence how much law ?breaking we can tolerate .
eWe must also wonder whether seeing violence on television or reading about it in the newspapers every day makes us tolerate crime more than we should . We become used to seeing blood on the news on television , or in magazines . Because we see thousands of dead people on TV , maybe we just try to ignore the situation behind the violence .
If so many citizens tolerate violence and crime , or even commit crimes themselves , it may simply be because of the human mind . Our minds may not care about specific laws . Instead , our minds may have a system of values that usually prevents us from hurting other people to improve our own lives . Yet , when it comes to respecting the rights of a mass of anonymous (不知名的) individuals , we might not be so responsible . While most people would not steal a wallet containing $“ society ” remains an abstract idea that is not as real as a neighbor or a friend’s friend .
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