Page |24 1549, and various volunteers and aid of another, even a stranger, in dire agencies offered medical assistance. need led to public outrage. Decades of These rescue efforts were not motivated research led to the conclusion that the by personal or commercial self-interests, ambiguity of the situation and the and none of the commercial vessel diffusion of responsibility were captains was lauded as a hero. Their contributing factors. efforts received less attention because Th _— ; : . ese two news stories illustrate, their actions were precisely what we . . aw in very different ways, how invisible expect of one another. f I : orces sculpted by evolution and It is the unusual, not the cultivated by the environment act on our commonplace, that is noticed. On species. When commercial boat captains March 13, 1964, Kitty Genovese parked act against their own financial interests near her home in Kew Gardens, New to rescue others on a sinking aircraft, we York, and proceeded to her residence in think nothing of it because we believe it a small apartment complex. Winston is what any individual in the same Moseley, a business machine operator situation would naturally do. When who later confessed that his motive was observers of a brutal attack do nothing to simply to kill a woman, overtook aid the victim, we are horrified because Genovese and stabbed her twice in the we believe it goes against who we are as back. Genovese screamed, “Oh my a species. Humans are not motivated God, he stabbed me! Help me!”, a call solely by self interests but rather we that was heard by neighbors. When one work together and help one another neighbor shouted at the attacker, “Leave when in need. We survive and prosper that girl alone,” Moseley ran away. in the long term through collective Genovese, who was wounded and concerns and actions, not by solely bleeding, moved toward the apartment selfish pursuits (20). building slowly and alone. Moseley Danger Signals returned approximately 10 min