Good Samaritan Laws A Valid Premise-By-Premise Argument

NameCourseCourse InstructorDateGood Samaritan Laws: Protecting Volunteer RescuersThe underlying premise of the Good Samaritan laws can be traced back to the biblical parable of the Good Samaritan. A Good Samaritan is an individual who comes in to assist another individual who is faced by danger, is a necessary condition of Good Samaritan acts that there is no prior notion, responsibility, or promise of reward for the act. Good Samaritan laws are founded on the general agreement that it is good public policy to limit potential liability, for individuals who out of their own volition and with no prior arrangement help other individuals in need. Therefore, people will not be afraid of legal liability when they voluntarily care and rescue others during emergencies. Thus, Good Samaritans can solely focus on helping an individual in need without worrying about the possible legal liability arising from assisting their fellow human being CITATION Bro10 \p 1573 \l 7177 (Brown 1573). The peculiar circumstances of emergency situations is that they happen by chance, are unexpected and can generally be attributed to a situation that Moral Luck comes into play. The Paradox of Moral Luck posits that there are four categories of Moral Luck, first