Blog 6 - How did the third contemporary issue effect your principles? What more have you found that you need to reasonably respond to these moral issues beyond a set of principles? Are their other skills or knowledge that will make you a more effective ethical being? What are they?
The third contemporary issue effected my principles. Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the premeditated act of putting someone to death for a crime he or she has committed. I think it is wrong to intentionally kill someone. I think the murder of a victim is the same as the murder of a criminal. If anything, the murder of a criminal is worse because it is premeditated. Many times murderers kill in acts of passion, not premeditation. I do believe that capital punishment is wrong, however I do have an open mind. So, I do believe that if a murderer continues to committ heinous crimes even in prison, then he or she should be put to death. In this scenario, this is the only way that the criminal is going to be stopped.
I think that keeping an open mind and not judging others will make me a more effective ethical being. I think that many times people get involved in other's lives, and sometimes they have no place to do so. I feel the world is made up of many different people with different cultures, religions, and beliefs. It's appropriate to keep an open mind when it comes to certain issues such as this contemporary issue.
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