Moral question....

some clarifications - Do I like or hate the person who was stabbed ? Do they love & support my adoration of Ange & Klaatu ? Could they have helped better the Montreal Canadiens' chance at a Stanley Cup this year ?
Or, why did our loved one stabbed them ?

debrewguy wrote: some clarifications - Do I like or hate the person who was stabbed ? Do they love & support my adoration of Ange & Klaatu ? Could they have helped better the Montreal Canadiens' chance at a Stanley Cup this year ? Or, why did our loved one stabbed them ?

I know you're kidding, but -


does it really matter?

I get pretty nuts over the issue of violence.  Anyone, who puts their hands on another person in violence..........i want *harsh* penalties.   There is never an excuse. 

I have just had enough of the animals in American culture who hurt other people.  I don't care about their backgrounds, their victimhood, whatever....blah blah...    You physically hurt another innocent person, I want you to suffer. 

 

I would not turn them in to the police.

I would not harbor them.

I might give them some supplies and send them on their way.

I'd encourage them to give up, though, unless they were justified in killing, or they were framed, etc.

Hm...

What ethical standpoint is made when physical violence is  met with physical violence? Are we as a society so predisposed to this sort of revenge?

As a note, not all opinions expressed by me are inherently mine. Perhaps for future safety and reference I should make that my signature. :D

If they will kill again, then you really have no moral choice other than turning them in.  If they certainly will not kill again, then it really comes down to whether you view jail as a matter of justice or protecting society.

You know, turning a person in might get them help; since we established in the first post that the killing wasn't justified, the killer in question is likely either unbalanced or involved in some sordid business. Arrest =/= conviction, and all the people here who are saying "I wouldn't help him/her, but I'd give 'em some stuff and send them on their way" are still (hypothetically) aiding and abetting. Just because they don't hide at your house doesn't put you in the clear. What would you rather have on your conscience: alerting the authorities and having your relative arrested and potentially helped or at least put in a correctional facility to atone, or run the risk of that person killing again, a death as much on your shoulders as the killer?

I cannot believe there is even a debate about this.

^ There can be a debate because there are many things involved here beyond the cold eys of reason...  A situation like this involves emotions.... and deep ones at that...

i hope this situation never happens to me, or to my loved ones...but in case, yes, i would report the person, no matter the pain my heart could take

Why do you feel that what you think is right, is in fact right?