Strategies for Decision Making
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Strategies for Decision Making
What type of moral reasoning was the police officer using? The moral reasoning that is used by the police is one that is highly inclined to law. The moral reasoning can be related to Kant’s theory which is one of the theories under the deontological theories that judges an action as being either right or wrong not on the basis of the consequences of the action but on the basis of whether or not the action meets the obligation of an individual. The laws provided that every individual in a country is subject to all the laws as provided by the constitution of the country. In this case, the footballer and his wife were supposed to comply with the road laws by respecting the light and also by avoiding the over speeding. The police officer thus uses this moral reasoning to give them a ticket since they went against their obligation according to law.
What type of moral reasoning was the football player using? The footballer was looking at the situation in a totally different perspective and another point of moral reasoning from that of the police officer. The moral reasoning used by the footballer was the reasoning that is based on consequences also known as the teleological reasoning. This is the kind of reasoning whether the justification of an action goal oriented. Here the values are used as a major basis for making the argument. The football player justifies his actions of going against the law through over speeding as bases on the a fact that are they stopped for the red lights and drove with the appropriate speed; they would find the mother dead in the hospital since she only had a few minutes left to live. This moral reasoning was influenced by emotions.
What would you have done in this situation?
This situation is very tricky since both parties have a reason to behave the way they did. The footballer did not want to find the mother dead and on the other hand, the officer had the responsibility to enforce the law. This means that using the different moral reasoning; both actions were right. However, as a police officer, I would have understood the situation since it was an emergency case and since other parties substantiated the claims of the footballer making them valid and also true.
Was the police officer in the right to hold them and do his job as a police officer to enforce the laws, despite a mitigating circumstance? According to the law, he had the right to hold them. However, ethically this could have been wrong since it was an emergency case and a matter of chasing against time and this justified reason forced the footballer to break the law. The police officer thus ought to also act ethically and show some emotional intelligence.
Discuss the moral and ethical ramifications of the decisions and what you think you would have done as not only the police officer but the driver. The decision to hold the footballer would have been ultimately unethical since they would display a high level of emotional intelligence. The reasons offered by the footballer had a good basis and thus as the footballer I would have apologized for breaking the law and as the police I would have gone as far as giving them a warning but understanding where they were coming from since it was an emergency case.