Ethics, by: Diane Rosado.

  My tenth post: The death penalty. According with DPIC, More than 8500 people have been sentenced since the 1970s. The death penalty discourages criminals from committing serious crimes. And according to the Washington state government. The methods of execution have gradually become more humane over the years, so the argument that the death penalty is cruel and unusual is not valid. Without the death penalty, some criminals would continue to commit crimes. The death penalty is not revenge, it is retribution. Retribution is not the same as revenge. Retribution is a necessary part of the punishment process. The legal system is constantly evolving to maximize justice. Just because the legal system can make a wrong decision does not mean that the death penalty is wrong. Alphonse Karr says: "I agree that societies decree abolish the death penalty; but that murderers begin to abolish it", but today I say that I am in favor of murderers and criminals being seen in the same way th...

 My ninth post: Family Violence. Family violence, does all this mean that the family is no longer the place where the best feelings between its members arise and are maintained? I have always heard it said that the family is the pillar of our growth, the place where our values ​​grow, where we feel loved, but what happens when that supposed pillar turns out to be our first obstacle? Family violence exists, it is not something that was invented out of nowhere, despite being a fact, many people do not believe in it. A clear example is marriages, the marriages of the past decades had a "long duration" compared to now, but why? Wasn't there any violence at that time? You would be surprised to know that those times were the most violent and orthodox, millions of women were sexual objects of their so-called husbands, violence was normalized, people, be they wives, husbands, or children, were silenced, now many people have broken that barrier of silence and is raising his voice,...

 My eighth post: Politicians and their lack of values, specifically honesty. THE CORRUPT FEAR US, THE HONEST SUPPORTS US AND THE BRAVE JOINS Classic definitions say that politics is the exercise of power "in relation to a conflict of interest. Politics is also defined as the art of impossible; that is, to make possible what seems impossible. But it can never be at any cost. The end never justifies the means. The expression that politicians should always demand compliance with the three H's: "honor-honesty-humility" is very reiterated. But as stubborn as the expression may seem, we must never stop having it as a reference, especially now that we are in pre-campaign times politics and we will hear as every electoral period the wonders "of all candidates. A politician who is governed by these three "Hs" is someone who views politics as a tool to achieve the common good. Honor and honesty must be intrinsic conditions in all politicians. Humility is a perso...

My seventh post: How do values ​​influence your critical thinking?  When we are children we begin to acquire knowledge based on what we see and hear, we do not invent, we learn from others, but as we grow older we become rational people, and little by little we create our own opinion, we create our positions regarding controversial issues, we adopt likes and dislikes and that's when we develop our critical thinking, but if the people I learned from have different opinions than mine, I'm wrong? Oh, of course not, congratulations! you have freed yourself from being a machine that absorbs everything that it hears and you have become a human being that thinks and analyzes for itself. But what is my critical thinking based on? How do I have one? I have it? Is my thinking good? This is where the values ​​you grew up with play a role. What is your concept of respect? Concept of empathy? The one with honesty? Do you even know them? Everyone defines their values ​​according to learned, ...

 My sixth post: Ancient Greek Ethics. Clarification: I have been researching a little more for my post, so I usually cite many magazines and research pages, I hope it is not a problem. "While the moral theory does not invent morality or even reflection on it, it does try to bring systematic thinking to bear on the phenomenon. Ancient moral theory, however, does not attempt to be a comprehensive account of all the phenomena that fall under the heading of morality. Rather, assuming piecemeal opinions and practices, it tries to capture its underlying essence. It is the nature of such an enterprise to evaluate and criticize some of these opinions and practices but that is not its primary goal." (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). I read that the ancient theories on ethics are those of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Hedonism, Epicurus. The old ethical theories were based on the perspectives that each philosopher had, they dealt with the virtues that others pose physically and spir...

 My fifth post: GMO pros and cons. According to the non-GMO project: "A GMO, or genetically modified organism, is a plant, animal, microorganism, or another organism whose genetic makeup has been modified in a laboratory using genetic engineering or transgenic technology. This creates combinations of plant, animal, bacterial, and virus genes that do not occur in nature or through traditional crossbreeding methods". So, what is the problem with GMOs? Since everything has good characteristics, it also has bad characteristics. Pros:  1- Many crops have been genetically modified, in this way they obtain a gene that generates poison for pests, this keeps the harvest alive, and do not worry, the poison is not lewd for humans. 2-There is another gene in crops that have been modified to make them resistant to harsh environments, such as droughts.  3- Even genetic modification is used to improve the flavor of some crops. SUMMARY ACCORDING HEALTH LINE:  The main concerns aroun...