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Ethics
CJ 4370: Senior Seminar
Spring 2019
Ethics
Discussion: Answer the following questions. Your response should be a minimum of 5 paragraphs, with each paragraph containing a minimum of 5 sentences. Your response is expected to be free of spelling and grammatical errors. You may provide your written response directly below this question or on a separate Word document. The assignment will then be uploaded to Blackboard as a .doc or .docx attachment.
You are expected to include at least one scholarly source, and provide a full APA citation. PLEASE NOTE: scholarly sources are NOT websites, books, textbooks, news articles, magazines, or documentaries.
APA Ex., Jang, S.J., & Johnson, B.R. (2003). Strain, negative emotions, and deviant coping among African Americans: A test of general strain theory. Journal of Quantitative Criminology 19(1), 79-105.
Discuss whether anyone should be excused legally and/or morally for their behavior. In your response, touch on the following questions:
• Is a child before the legal age of reason morally culpable for their actions?
o Why or why not?
o What should the age of reason be?
• What are some situations in which the individual cannot be considered rational or, alternatively, is not acting from free will?
o Can the behavior that results be defined as moral or immoral?
• What about a person who says they “couldn’t help himself”?
• Do you hold someone just as accountable for acts that are reckless and acts that are deliberate?