The other day, I listened to a Police Officer guest speak. As students were asking the Officer questions, I thought about where some of these questions stemmed from. Students usually ask Officers questions that pertain to themselves, if I do this what will happen to me. As I listen to the students ask their questions, I wonder about the ethics behind asking the questions. As the officer said, if you are doing something illegal you are doing something illegal and there will be consequences. Yet the students continued to find out how they could get away with things.
One of the questions that struck my interest most was, "What if I was driving and my friends in the car were underage and drunk, would I get in trouble?" The Officer had little to say about this. It is in itself a hard decision to make. Is it more unethical to aid these students who are participating in an act that is illegal, even if you yourself are not participating, or is it more unethical to not help them and leave them to possible hurt themselves or others?
I would choose to help them, as I see it being more ethical.
This article offers a different alternative that is probably more ethical, but much harder to do. Check it out, let me know what you think.
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I say you're better off helping the friends instead of letting them fend for themselves and end up getting hurt or killed because of them not having a sober friend to help them get from location to location. I admit it's wrong if someone you're helping is underage, but still it's better to help them then chance them getting killed from their poor choices.
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