If your wife/husband confessed to you about a murder they committed 10 years ago. Would you report him or her knowing that it will be the "right" thing to do?
2006-08-02 00:39:54 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Give a good answer please not the "right is right crap"
2006-08-02 00:44:43 · update #1
Well, you can't have loyalty without integrity. Integrity means adhering to promises and codes of law/ethics. If you don't adhere to your promises, how can you claim to be loyal?
That being said, there are legal strictures against one spouse testifying against the other in most jurisdictions. If one spouse told something to the other, then that is protected by the spousal communication privileged and can't be repeated as a matter of law.
So, your assumption that reporting the other spouse is the "right" thing to do is not necessarily accurate. You may think it's right, but in the eyes of the courts, it might not be (depending upon the specific evidentiary code, and the particular order of events).
You also appear to assume that if a spouse swore vows to support, cherish and defend the other spouse, those vows would automatically be in conflict with some external (probably religious) imperative to report the other spouse. But that's not always the case either. Many religions hold the vows between spouses more important than external interests, so reporting the other spouse would be wrong under those beliefs.
2006-08-02 05:01:07 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no 1
2006-08-02 07:48:14 · answer #2 · answered by seek_of_love 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order to maintain my integrity I would have to know whether the person that confessed to me was well off financially. If that was the case then I could agree not to report him/her if the price was right. If the person was without means I would be forced to do my civic duty and report him/her. It's just the right thing to do and besides it costs me nothing. Good karma.
2006-08-02 07:53:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES, it would be the right thing to do is to report this,
Murder is the worst crime, and no one has a right to take another peresons life,
If the person is sorry, well they can tell God, and go and confess to the law enforcement,
Besides, if that person told someone, they could be at risk, maybe the person who knows the secret will be next,
2006-08-02 07:45:33 · answer #4 · answered by Maureen K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think integrity. Integrity is your own personal values and morals, as long as you uphold those, you can remain at peace with yourself. Loyalty, on the other hand, may require you to do things that goes against your morals and values. You have a difficult dilemma to face. Your spouse trusted you to remain loyal to him/her even though it goes against your values and societies values. I would try to talk to that person and convince him/her to turn them self in. As for reporting the incident yourself, I think you can only decide if it is the right thing for you to do. Because in the end, you have to live with the knowledge that someone you love deliberately took someone else's life. Is that the kind of relationship you want to remain loyal to?
2006-08-02 07:49:19 · answer #5 · answered by sugermagnolia26 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Integrity in this case as the person that you are loyal to has committed a crime. Loyalty is important but if you lose your integrity then you have lost all your creditability.
2006-08-02 07:50:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course I'd turn his happy a$$ in. Integrity and loyalty ARE inmeshed, as stated above, but swearing loyalty doesn't cancel out personal integrity. You can be loyal to some one and still turn them in.
2006-08-02 07:48:19 · answer #7 · answered by kelly24592 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look inside and define what marriage means to you. If it is "the two shall become one" then answer the question as if it were you that had done it. I think I would want to contact the family of the victim and let them know something. Maybe not everything...
2006-08-02 07:51:15 · answer #8 · answered by DS143 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, he/she may have had a good reason to kill.A lot of scum should die becuse of what they done.Take child abuse for instance,the law will not do anything The child abuser should die a slow painful death.This is just an example,if he/she killed for robbery,turn um in.
2006-08-02 08:21:50 · answer #9 · answered by pops 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
integrity is most important ,a human is human after all make many mistake u can not be blind towards their mistakes or crimes just because u love them we r all responsible for our actions and shud be held accountable and if u love them so much get a good lawyer for them..
2006-08-02 07:48:37 · answer #10 · answered by knu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋