Loyalty? specially when It tcomes to the ones you love. Also should it be only with the ones you love or even strangers???
for ex: If you knew someone you cared about did something really wrong like murder, would u turn them in to the police because you believe in the pricipal? or would u protect them?
My answer is: If my child or anyone I knew did that..i would do the right thing, which is turn them in if i knew they did it. it's the pricipal all the way for me...nothing to do with loyalty..think about it..what would u do? what r your thoughts? easier said than done right?
2006-11-16 07:27:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I agree with you. Loyalty is extremely important to me, but sometimes principle is more important. If you let your child get away with murder and not face the consequences, maybe it would damage their soul as well as endanger society.
2006-11-16 07:35:03 · answer #1 · answered by mj_indigo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What you have to keep in mind is that the police don't necessarily solve problems. The police can arrest people, and can sweat confessions out of them. The legal system can try them and maybe put them in prison. And sometimes this is exactly what is needed.
I'll even go so far as to say that much of the time this may help. A person concealing something is living a lie. People do that so regularly that they don't realize how difficult it can be when compared to having nothing to hide. And while hiding in the shadows, they are often encouraged to continue their unhealthy behaviour. So although a loved one may initially hate you for opposing them, I think once they become healthy again they will appreciate what you did and why you did it.
On the other hand, however, I think that there are problems that are not well served by expoure and being turned over to the authorities. I don't believe all laws are fair and appropriate, for example, nor do I believe that all authorities are free of corruption and prejudice (quite the opposite - I KNOW there are bad laws and evil authorities... I have met some of them!). And some problems aren't exactly helped by the few things the police, legal system, and other authorities can do.
For example, I once knew a fellow who was doing something that his religion considered to be a heinous sin. If they had known, they would have ejected him from his church, which was one of the few good influences on his life. He was contrite, not hurting anybody else, and just needed some help stopping himself. Now that he has recieved some help, he is happy as a clam AND a churchgoer in good standing.
I think the role of a true friend is to help. Sometimes help takes the form of opposing a friend's self-destructive behaviour. But more often it just involves guiding your friend as well as you are able!
2006-11-16 15:43:01 · answer #2 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you love someone, you don't let them go down the wrong path to self-destruction, but rather, you correct them and show them the good path to be on. Turning a person in for a crime is right and is "tough" love. Loyalty is a form of love. Honesty is a form of life, a spiritual substance. When it becomes clear to a person what honesty is and capable of, then one never leaves it behind. The spiritual views are always hidden from the dead.
2006-11-16 17:37:23 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Honesty, I try to be now but haven't always been in the past. It is hard sometimes but the price you pay for lying is always harder to pay in the end. As for loyalty, I can be very loyal but there is no one in my life who could commit murder and I wouldn't turn them in because I just don't believe in murdering someone else and if I thought it was self-defense or justifiable homicide I would talk them into confessing and go with them for support.
2006-11-16 19:03:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all, it is against the law not to turn them in, but what I would think should be first on my mind in a situation like that would be- what if it were my child, mother, sister, aunt, family member that were murdered...what would I want me to do? Those people need closure. They deserve to know who and why, and they will only get those answers if the person who knew the truth comes forward.
2006-11-16 15:57:08 · answer #5 · answered by Sassy P 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tuff one...
I would not turn someone in, I have learned that lesson in the past. Loyalty goes beyond all systems of control and is the mother of all principles. That person, relative or not will have to keep his distance from me. That person will loose every bit of respect i have for them, since they had non for others.
2006-11-16 15:57:43 · answer #6 · answered by Daniel 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would be utterly replused if I knew someone in my family killed someone and I would desperately try to get them to turn themselves in. I would not remain loyal to a person who raped or killed someone--even family. What if someone killed your mother and somebody knew, but just didn't want to tell? I'm sorry, there is a limit to my loyalty.
2006-11-16 15:37:02 · answer #7 · answered by melouofs 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Omg, you would turn in your own family.
You think because there's a law in place, that's always right?
Bunch of heartless rats -- I would sell my soul for someone I love.
You will live and die by the rule, while we make our own.
Filthy peasants, you don't even know who you serve so willingly.
2006-11-16 15:30:41 · answer #8 · answered by -.- 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well , i think we aren't machines "yet" so we are going to make a choice based on feeling ...which are automatic anyway...you will only choose your choice.. you haven't the choice to make it .. you have already decided what to choice from what you think you know..
2006-11-16 16:42:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋