Remember the Kitty Genovese story from this article: "Are There No Good People in This Neighborhood?"

Friday 13 March

A young woman returns from work just after 3:00 a.m. on a typical street in Queens,New York. She parks her car and begins a 100 foot walk to her apartment building.Concerned about a man standing between her path and the apartment building shechanges course and heads in the opposite direction. She was right to be concerned, as he follows and grabs her. She screams. No less than 38 neighbors turn on their lights and open their windows. Again she screams, "He stabbed me!" and "Help!" Anobserver shouts, "Leave the girl alone" and the attacker walks away. Then, the lightsall go out, and windows are slammed shut. While the victim staggers to reach thenearest apartment building the attacker returns and stabs her again. The victim yells, "I'm dying!" The commotion again gets the attention of the apartment dwellers andagain the attacker leaves. So the lights go out and windows close. The victim crawlstoward the apartment house, but the attacker returns again one last time to stab andkill the young woman.

Consider the behavior of the observer who shouted "Leave the girl alone." Has the observer behaved ethically? Choose an ethical approach, analyze the behavior, and make a moral judgment based on your analysis.