There exists a solidarity among men as human beings that makes each co-responsible for every wrong and every injustice in the world, especially for c… - Karl Jaspers
" "There exists a solidarity among men as human beings that makes each co-responsible for every wrong and every injustice in the world, especially for crimes committed in his presence or with his knowledge. If I fail to do whatever I can to prevent them, I too am guilty.
About Karl Jaspers
Karl Theodor Jaspers (23 February 1883 – 26 February 1969) was a German psychiatrist and philosopher. Among his most well known contributions is his idea of the Axial Age [Achsenzeit].
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Existuje solidarita mezi lidmi jako lidmi, v jejímž důsledku je každý spoluzodpovědný za všechno bezpráví a všechnu nespravedlnost na světě, zvláště za zločiny, k nimž dochází v jeho přítomnosti nebo s jeho vědomím. Jestliže jsem neučinil všechno, co jsem mohl, abych jim zabránil, jsem spoluvinen. Jestliže jsem nenasadil svůj život, abych zabránil zavraždění druhých, ale jen jsem přihlížel, cítím se vinen způsobem, který nelze právně, politicky a morálně přiměřeně postihnout. To, že ještě žiji, když se stalo něco takového, spočívá na mně jako nesmazatelná vina. Nejsme-li díky nějaké šťastné okolnosti ušetřeni této situace, dospíváme jako lidé na hranici, kde musíme volit: buď bezpodmínečně – bez vyhlídky na úspěch, bezúčelně – nasadit život, nebo raději zůstat naživu, protože úspěch je nemožný.
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There exists among men, because they are men, a solidarity through which each shares responsibility for every injustice and every wrong committed in the world, and especially for crimes that are committed in his presence or of which he cannot be ignorant. If I do not do whatever I can to prevent them, I am an accomplice in them. If I have not risked my life in order to prevent the murder of other men, if I have stood silent, I feel guilty in a sense that cannot in any adequate fashion be understood juridically, or politically, or morally ... That I am still alive after such things have been done weighs on me as a guilt that cannot be expiated.
Somewhere in the heart of human relations an absolute command imposes itself: In case of criminal attack or of living conditions that threaten physical being, accept life only for all together, otherwise not at all.