Moral Problems

Moral Problems

The pattern of having a problem between what an individual wants and what morals of the society dictates can be extracted from the problem statement if the following were established: a) the police father has chosen between arresting his son or not, and b) the morals of the society dictates what a police father should do in such a situation. The problem did not state what the police father wants to do between the options and what the morals of the society dictates. If there are conflicts between what the police father wants and the morals of the society dictate, then there is an illustration of a problem of moral obligation.

The problem statement is insufficient for us to categorize it as a problem of moral principle since the problem did not state a set of moral principles that the police father should choose from.

Should the police father make some moral choices, the problem could be categorized as that of the Scope of Morality if the choices have to be identified as moral or not.

The situation could illustrate a problem of freedom if the actions of the people involved in the problem are investigated in the light of infringing on the rights of other people or not.