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8/16/2019 TOK Prsentation

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The Reason andEmotion Behind

Ethical Issues


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Real-Life SituationZoe Gilliard:

Became pregnant when she was 17,and her boyfriend had just gone o touniversity !he was in the middle ofher "#levels, having the child wouldharm her education and later on hersocial life !he aborted the child


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Knowledge Question

To what extent is our judgment on ethical

issues based on reasonand or emotion!


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Reason• Reason is something we use whene"er we ma#e a

decision$ and most of the time$ our reasoning occursinstincti"el%$ as we decide on the best &ath to ta#ealmost unconsciousl%$ de&ending on &re"ious

ex&eriences in"ol"ing similar situations' It is&ossible to train oursel"es to reason consciousl%$though$ and the more one thin#s about thedecisions one is ma#ing$ the more one is able toha"e acti"e control o"er them' Some &eo&le ha"e

termed this intellectual enlightenment$ the &ointwhere we are consciousl% aware of e"er% choice wee"er ma#e' The extent to which this is achie"eddetermines how rational we are'


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EmotionEmotion is a &s%chological ex&erience thate"er%one encounters and can be seen orex&ressed through certain beha"ior' It can

a(ect our mood$ reasoning$ and beha"ior') distincti"e feeling as distinguished fromreasoning or #nowledge'


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*laim Through reason$ +oe ,illiard decided toabort the bab% This can fall under reasonbecause reason is something that we use

whene"er we ma#e a decision$ +oedeciding to abort the bab% in her mindwould "e been the best o&tion as she wasstill %oung and #ee&ing the bab% could "e

jeo&ardi.ed her education and social life'/"erall$ she wasn t 0t to be a mother'

Therefore$ it ma% be considered lessethical as the unborn fetus wasn t full%de"elo&ed %et'


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*ounter-*laim1owe"er$ emotion can also a(ect the judgmenton an ethical issue' 2or exam&le$ an unnamed34 %ear old girl was ra&ed b% an Islamic Teacher')s a 5uslim girl$ the act of fornication beforemarriage is considered a serious o(ense inIslam' Since the girl was constantl% ra&ed o"er a4 %ear &eriod$ she started to de"elo&&s%chological issues and become traumati.ed'

Through her &s%chological trauma the girlaborted the bab% as she couldn t emotionall%handle seeing the child of her ra&ist e"er%da%6e"en though it is considered a sin in Islam7'


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*ounter-*laimIt is e"ident that in the second RLS the girldecides to abort the bab% after it hasalread% become a fetus 68 wee#s7' In this

situation$ emotion is used to determinewhether her actions would be consideredethical or unethical' Some ma% sa% thather situation is unethical because shemurdered an innocent child as the fetuswas alread% de"elo&ed' E"en though shecouldn t handle loo#ing at her ra&ists bab%$she shouldn t ha"e dela%ed her abortionand then ta#e a life after it had de"elo&ed'


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9eath :enalt% 6*laim7!cott $eterson was put on death row, after he murdered hiswife %aci $eterson and the fetus of their &rst unborn child'which was washed ashore on !an (rancisco bay) in *++* %aciwas then found headless, armless, and legless washed ashorein the same area !cott $eterson was sent to prison and laterput on death row ude "lfred " -ellucchi sentenced !cott$eterson to death by lethal injection and called the murder of%aci .cruel, uncaring, heartless and callous/

$eterson being put on death row can be supported throughreason 0specially since he bro e the law $eterson was chargedwith * accounts of murder, * accounts of manslaughter2eaning he bro e 3 of the 4nited !tates laws

!ince reason is used whenever ma ing a decision udge "lfreddecided to send him on death row based on the facts that hebro e the law, using reason it is usti&ed that !cott $etersondid deserve the -eath $enalty


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*ounter-*laim1owe"er it can be argued that the 9eath :enalt% isn t ethicaland this can be seen in *ameron Todd ;illingham s situation'

5ameron 6odd illingham a 89 year old "merican malewas convicted for the murder of his 8 young children

by arson e was then sentenced to -eath $enalty ande;ecuted in *++3 6he authorities said that theyassumed that 5ameron had illed on of the childrenthrough gunshot and then set &re to their home in6e;as to conceal the murder owever, after he wase;ecuted it was released to the press that their wereno gunshot wounds found on any of the children andtheir cause of death was merely due to su ocationfrom the (ire 5ameron maintained his innocence andwas traumati


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*ounter-*laim 6cont'7>n this situation, we can clearly see thatcharging him for the murder of his childrenand putting him on death row was the wrongdecision ?ot only was he an innocent man, but

also he had a family who believed he wasinnocent 6he -eath $enalty in this case isperceived as unethical as you are ta ing awaythe life of an innocent man, which de&esmorals and is considered an inhumane act >nreality, they are actually ta ing away the life ofan innocent man and this could be consideredas murdering someone as well is loved oneshad lost him even though he was innocent


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*onclusion To what extent is our judgment on ethical issuesbased on reason and or emotion!

In conclusion$ an indi"iduals judgment on ethical

issues can "ar% de&ending on both reason and oremotion' )s seen in m% real life situation$ Reason cana(ect an indi"iduals judgment on the issue 6+oe,illiard7' 1owe"er$ as seen in m% other RLS Emotionalso has an im&act on ethical issues such as the9eath :enalt%' /"erall$ de&ending on the s&eci0csituation our judgment on ethical unethical issues ishea"il% de&endent on the reason and emotion behindthe situation'

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