Ethical Scrapbook
Ethical Scrap Book Part II
Team D
CJS/211
September 29, 2014
Michael Raneses
Ethical Scrap Book Part II
Sit down with a group of individuals and ask each one of the same exact question. It’s guaranteed that you will get several different answers. No two people are going to look at any situation exactly the same. This weeks’ lesson called for our team to answer questions and discuss our different answers. We are all able to come to a general consensus on how we felt about a few things. The topics included good Samaritans, vigilantism, and civil disobedience.
We will first address good Samaritans. Good Samaritans do things for other people out of the kindness of their hearts. They don’t do it out of obligation or out of guilt but rather because they feel the desire to help another person. The world would be much better off if it were full of good Samaritans. Some people argue the case of enforcing a Good Samaritan law. This would make it a requirement to help another person if able to do so. However, we as a team agree that this would be a bad idea. Forcing people to help others takes away the very core to being a Good Samaritan. If there is a law, people would be doing these acts out of obligation and not out of free will and a good heart. If a person by law is required to help another person then it makes you wonder if an amount or value would be put on the good faith. The example that was provided in the ethical scrapbook was a man has heart attack while mowing his lawn and firefighter returns to finish lawn after saving man’s life. The firefighter made sure the man was safe and okay then went back to finish the yard for the man. The firefighter could have gone on about his business, however he knew the man would need assistance cutting his yard until he was better. In another example, a police officer gives a homeless pan handler a new pair of boots instead of a violation. As a team we thought this act of kindness was a generous gesture, and we would
Team D
CJS/211
September 29, 2014
Michael Raneses
Ethical Scrap Book Part II
Sit down with a group of individuals and ask each one of the same exact question. It’s guaranteed that you will get several different answers. No two people are going to look at any situation exactly the same. This weeks’ lesson called for our team to answer questions and discuss our different answers. We are all able to come to a general consensus on how we felt about a few things. The topics included good Samaritans, vigilantism, and civil disobedience.
We will first address good Samaritans. Good Samaritans do things for other people out of the kindness of their hearts. They don’t do it out of obligation or out of guilt but rather because they feel the desire to help another person. The world would be much better off if it were full of good Samaritans. Some people argue the case of enforcing a Good Samaritan law. This would make it a requirement to help another person if able to do so. However, we as a team agree that this would be a bad idea. Forcing people to help others takes away the very core to being a Good Samaritan. If there is a law, people would be doing these acts out of obligation and not out of free will and a good heart. If a person by law is required to help another person then it makes you wonder if an amount or value would be put on the good faith. The example that was provided in the ethical scrapbook was a man has heart attack while mowing his lawn and firefighter returns to finish lawn after saving man’s life. The firefighter made sure the man was safe and okay then went back to finish the yard for the man. The firefighter could have gone on about his business, however he knew the man would need assistance cutting his yard until he was better. In another example, a police officer gives a homeless pan handler a new pair of boots instead of a violation. As a team we thought this act of kindness was a generous gesture, and we would