Ethical Issues

Ethical Issues

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................... 3
MAIN BODY................................................................................................................................. 3
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................. 4
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................ 1

INTRODUCTION
Ethical issues are the situations come across when there is a conflict in understanding
something. In this moral standard is comes under question. It involves both businesses and
individuals with respect to the activities conducted by them from ethical point of view. These
issues sometimes turn out to be very dangerous legally.
MAIN BODY
Death Penalty
Death penalty is also known as capital punishment which refers to killing the person in
respect to the crime committed (Rubin, 2017). This punishment was not accepted by many
people which raised the question of ethics in this context. There are few reasons based on
which it is considered to be unethical. These reasons are stated below.
Opposing the human rights: The people are of the opinion that sentencing the person
to death violates the human rights under International law which was established by the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) which are, the right to life under article 3 and
the right not be tortured or cruelty under article 5. The aim for abolition of this death punishment
is that every person has the right to enjoy their life and this punishment violates the human
rights.
It doesn't deter crime: Some people are of the opinion that death penalty will be very
useful in reducing or deterring the most abhorrent crimes (Hobolt, 2018). But as the report of
America's National Research Council, the states having the death penalty have the same
murder rate in comparison to other states having no such death penalty.
It can be reversed: People are opposed of this because of another important reason
which is if because of some wrong evidence an innocent is executed then what, as it is an
irreversible act (Death penalty. 2020). Execution is the irrevocable punishment and the risk
attached to is punishing an innocent person which can never be eliminated.
Unfair justice system: Sometimes there are certain situations which are come across
which includes executing the person without any proof or transparency. Also, the death penalty
is sometimes considered as the secret weapon of the justice system in order to kill someone
(Yorke and Nazir, 2019). Also, there is no accurate report about the execution or how many are
sentenced to death every year. Sometime, prisoners are forced to convince to the crime which
they have not committed using harsh practices like torture, beaten with cables or other
equipments and electric shocks.
Involves discrimination: The justice system is exposed to certain discrimination with
other minority group within the state (Babcock, 2019). People are opposed to it because of the