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A 4 page paper answering two questions on ethical responses to law enforcement situations. One involves whether to give the police chief's son a traffic ticket and how to respond to the chief's insistence that the ticket disappear. The other focuses on whether the police officer called to the scene of a domestic violence problem make an arrest when he is certain that the judge will dismiss it as he does all domestic violence cases. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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File: CC6_KSlawEthJus3.rtf
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the police chiefs son The officer at the traffic stop probably should be offered a "heads up" given past history. The officer
needs to know his immediate supervisor provides support, but also that he shares available information. On the other hand, it is possible to
drive daily for decades and never be stopped for any kind of violation, and here this one driver has been stopped at least twice in recent memory. Of course
the police chief does not want his son to be receiving any of the departments negative attention. If the son is disrespectful and reckless, then it is quite possible
that he could cause serious problems on the streets if he is not contained. No one is - or at least should be
- above the law. Kant holds that the morality of decisions is not based on outcome, but rather on the intentions of the decision maker. Moral choices are
those that reflect admirable intent and adherence to duty. "When we follow our duty, we are behaving morally. When we fail to follow our duty, we are behaving immorally"
(Deontological, Teleological and Virtue Ethics, n.d.). Kants bottom-line position is that individuals should act from the "categorical imperative." That is to say they should decide on what action
to take as though they could, through their will, cause their actions to become universal law. If he could, would the officer will that some people be allowed to
operate outside the law with impunity? If not, then he should treat the traffic stop as any other. There is also the
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