Information Technology Ethics Case Study: Amin Sthapit Murder Trial

This essay presents a case study on the murder of Amin Sthapit, analyzing the ethical implications through the frameworks of utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, and contract ethics. The scenario involves a couple, Geecy and Tabalbag, and an illicit affair that led to Amin's murder. The essay dissects the actions of the individuals involved, particularly Tabalbag's crime, and evaluates them based on the principles of each ethical theory. It explores whether Tabalbag's actions were justified under any of these theories, considering the innocence of Amin and the role of Geecy. The analysis delves into the consequences of the actions and the appropriate societal responses, including the application of capital punishment, as per the ethical frameworks. The essay concludes by summarizing the ethical violations and the need for societal learning to prevent such crimes in the future.

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Executive Summary
Roy Tabalbag and Geecy Rebucas, the duo was residing in a small flat in Mona Road
peacefully. Geecy fell in love with a cook and his name was Amin Sthapit. This illicit affair
ultimately proved disastrous for the trio and the consequences will be detailed further. The
discourse highlighted the four theories- utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue and contract
theories illustrated the wrongdoings of Geecy and Tabalbag thoroughly. In the first case, it
has been highlighted that Tabalbag had committed a serious crime by brutally killing Amin
and he deserves capital punishment, the deontology theory described that Amin was innocent
and was committed the crime which is unacceptable and is not supported according to this
theory. The virtue ethical theory elaborated that Tabalbag accepted his misdeed of
manslaughtering however, he never accepted the guilty of killing Amin, and his stubborn
attitude was the main flaw for his downfall. The contract ethics established the fact that
Tabalbag requires capital punishment so that the society can learn the lesson of not
replicating this sort of crime or misdeed ever in future.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................3
2. Utilitarianism Ethics Theory on Amin Sthapit murder trial...................................................3
3. Deontology Ethics Theory on Amin Sthapit murder trial......................................................4
4. Virtue Ethics Theory on Amin Sthapit murder trial...............................................................4
5. Contract Ethics Theory on Amin Sthapit murder trial...........................................................5
6. Conclusion..............................................................................................................................6
7. References..............................................................................................................................8

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1. Introduction
Geecy Rebucas and Roy Tabalbag, the couple was residing in a small flat in Mona
Road peacefully. Geecy fell in love with a cook and his name was Amin Sthapit. This illicit
affair ultimately proved disastrous for the trio and the consequences will be further
elaborated.
This discourse will showcase the ultimate outcome of the love affair and will show
how Amin got murdered based on the four ethical theories - utilitarianism, deontology, and
virtue and contract.
2. Utilitarianism Ethics Theory on Amin Sthapit murder trial
Roy Abanales Tabalbag was arrested for brutally killing Amin. Tabalbag had a
girlfriend; she cheated him and started an illicit affair with Amin. Tabalbag saw them in
intimate positions and seeing her girlfriend in that position in anger he could control himself
and stabbed Amin with a sharp knife (Rosas & Koenigs, 2014). Now in this scenario, Amin
was innocent. The main culprits were Tabalbag and his girlfriend Geecy. Geecy clearly
cheated Tabalbag and should take the responsibility for her misdeeds. Tabalbag should have
taken harsh actions against Geecy instead he made the blunder killing Amin. Amin was
innocent and he did no harm to the society. Analysing the scenario it can be said Tabalbag
killed Amin absolutely to fulfil his wish and that is why Tabalbag requires capital punishment
so that others can see and can learn that these actions should not get repeated anyway in
future by anybody (Barrow, 2015). Tabalbag himself accepted that he had done a wrong act
of manslaughter however, he did not accept the guilty of murder Amin, thus he should be
imprisoned and he should learn the lesson that killing an innocent person is a crime.

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3. Deontology Ethics Theory on Amin Sthapit murder trial
Deontology does not support killing a person at any cost. Moreover, Amin was an
innocent person. Tabalbag unethically killed him for his wish. Geecy cheated her boyfriend
Tabalbag and made an affair with Amin, Tabalbag saw them having sex. Tabalbag probably
never knew that Geecy had a boyfriend and she was playing with two men (Playford, Roberts
& Playford, 2015). But, Tbalabag predicted that Geecy was cheating him and so he wanted to
catch Geecy red-handed. He installed an application Dr Fone to keep track of his girlfriend's
phone text messages and phone calls, he to check her laptop for any clue. There he found a
suspicious email where Geecy wrote that he could not be able to attend a class of Ryde's
class. Thus it can be concluded that Tabalbag knew beforehand that she was cheating, so he
should take actions against his girlfriend but he made the blunder and killed Amin. While he
was stabbing Amin, Amin tried to save himself, even Geecy tried to stop him and confessed
her fault, Tabalbag did not stop and did not listen, it was completely his fault and he should
take all the responsibility of killing Amin (Chakrabarty & Bass, 2015). Still after killing
Amin, though he surrendered himself to police and accepted the guilty of manslaughter but
he was not ready to accept that he had committed a crime killing Amin. He should be
imprisoned and he should understand that killing Amin was unethical.
4. Virtue Ethics Theory on Amin Sthapit murder trial
Virtue Ethics showcase Tabalbag as an individual. From this case, it can be said that
Tabalabag was in a relationship with his girlfriend Geecy and he loved her very much. He
found her girlfriend's behaviour very suspicious and so he was concerned (Tsoukas, 2017).
He asked her several times whether he was involved with another man, Geecy simply
avoided the question though and keep an illicit affair with Amin. Geecy was the main culprit.
Geecy should choose between the two, however, because of her misdeeds, Amin had to

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sacrifice. Geecy should have broken up with Tabalbag, but she cheated both. Tabalbag was
right; he tried to find out the truth. He installed an application Dr Fone to keep track of all the
texts and call records (Bruni & Sugden, 2013). He also accessed her laptop to find out the
valuable information so that he could know the truth; there he found that Geecy was going to
skip lectures. He tried to find out what Geecy would do in between and he found her at home
naked, having sex with Amin. He could not control himself and murdered Amin.
The Public Defender Also agreed that everybody could have done that at that position
and Tabalbag did it in anger and the murder was not preplanned. However, he pleaded guilty
of manslaughter. But he never accepted guilty of killing Amin. He loved Geecy very much
and he could not tolerate seeing him with Amin so he took the drastic step killing Amin.
From the above scenario it can be stated that Tabalbag was beloved however he should
understand that Geecy was the main culprit and not Amin, Amin was innocent and he should
accept the guilt of killing an innocent man (Mizzoni, 2017). Geecy later confessed that she
had the done the misdeeds but yet he was not willing to leave Amin, his stubborn nature costs
Amin’s life. Thus, Taalbag requires harsh capital punishment and this punishment is to make
him understand the crime he committed.
5. Contract Ethics Theory on Amin Sthapit murder trial
Social contract ethics deals with a set of principles and everybody should abide by all
the principles and should not violate as a violation of the law can cost too much. Tabalbag
should have followed the rules too. But he involved himself in serious crime and now he
requires capital punishment and the society should learn that this sort of crime will not be
encouraged. He committed a crime and the society should learn this sort of criminal offence
will not be supported or encouraged for the benefits of the society (Vayena et al., 2015).
Australian Government has made laws and every citizen must follow this rules. The death

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sentence is also given keeping in mind the degree or extent of crime for the well-fare of the
company. Amin, in this case, was innocent but he was brutally killed. Therefore, Tabalbag
requires capital punishment for good.
Tabalbag should receive capital punishment for brutally killing Amin (Birnbaum &
Lach, 2014). Geecy was the culprit; she cheated both Amin and Tabalbag. Tabalbag should
keep his cool and should handle the situation, should have controlled his anger although it
seemed difficult. He realized that he did a wrong act of manslaughtering and he also handed
himself to police but he is not ready to face the truth that killing Amin is a severe crime. The
law should make him realize the truth and thus he deserves capital punishment so that he can
learn a lesson. Everybody should get a message that killing an innocent person is
unpardonable sin and will not be entertained under any circumstances (Bowie, 2015). Also,
Geecy should understand that she should have respect the relationship, should have respect
for each other in the relationship.
6. Conclusion
It can be concluded from the above discourse that killing of an innocent person is
unethical from the perspective of four ethical theories. The discourse highlighted the four
theories- utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue and contract theories illustrated the
wrongdoings of Geecy and Tabalbag thoroughly. In the first case, it can be seen that
Tabalbag had committed a serious crime by brutally killing Amin and he deserve capital
punishment, the deontology theory stated that Amin was innocent and was committed the
crime which is unacceptable and is not supported according to this theory. The virtue ethical
theory stated that Tabalbag accepted his misdeed of manslaughtering however, he never
accepted the guilty of killing Amin, and his stubborn attitude was the main flaw. From the

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contract ethics, it can be concluded that Tabalbag requires capital punishment so that the
society can learn the lesson of not repeating such kind of crime.

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