1. The University of Adelaide, School of Computer Science
Justice, Crime & Ethics
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Chapter 1
Ethics, Crime, and Justice: An Introductory Note to Students
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What is Ethics?
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Simply put, ethics is the basic study of right and wrong, good and evil.
Everything from our friends and family to our religious principles can shape our beliefs and values.
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3. Three Contexts for Understanding Justice, Crime, and Ethics
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Three Contexts for Understanding Justice, Crime, and Ethics
Personal
Represents our individual sense of justice
This context examines right and wrong, good and evil
Social
Examines the environment we live in and the people with whom we interact
In our relationships, we will all play the role of both the oppressor and the oppressed
Crimes are related to social circumstances and conditions
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Three Contexts, Cont.
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Social, cont.
Encourages us to understand the environments that encourage criminal enterprise
Frederick Buechner tells us that “we are judged by the face that looks back at us from the bathroom mirror,” but also by the faces of our loved ones
In other words, the social context also concerns itself with how we judge ourselves in relationship to others
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Three Contexts, Cont.
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Criminal Justice
Due process, corruption, and punishment are all concepts that require us to consider personal beliefs, social factors, and criminal justice consequences simultaneously
e.g., Proposing a new law requires looking at its potential effects on a personal and societal basis
Sets legal limits on what we can do to each other
Sometimes what is legal is immoral and what is moral is illegal (e.g., civil rights movement)
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6. Notes on the Three Contexts
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Notes on the Three Contexts
There is a fourth context, the unknown context
Whether we consider it coincidence, fate, or the will of God, we are all subject to unknown outcomes
One important concept to remember is that these contexts do not occur separate from the others, but they bend and flow with each other
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Three Contexts for Understanding Justice, Crime, and Ethics
Personal
Social
Criminal Justice
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8. Five Goals for Exploring Ethics
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Five Goals for Exploring Ethics
Become more aware and open to moral and ethical issues
What we are taught as children may come to be challenged by our adult experiences
As a result, some choices seem clearly to be clearly right or wrong; others are more ambiguous
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Five Goals, Cont.
Begin to develop critical thinking and analytical skills
These skills will help us to dig further into moral and ethical issues (e.g., capital punishment)
These skills will help us see what the costs are for having the beliefs we do
Become more personally responsible
Requires that we increase our ability to respond
As we search for truth regarding moral and ethical issues, we will feel more empowered and have more hope for the future
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Five Goals, Cont.
Understand how criminal justice is engaged in a process of coercion
Criminal justice is about making people do things they do not want to do
e.g., roles of CJ officials and peers can lead to corruption
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Five Goals, Cont.
Develop Wholesight
Examine ethical and moral issues with both our heart and mind
Creates a vision in which our heart and mind work together for the common good
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Conclusion
Study of ethics involves all aspects of who we are
Course will introduce some of philosophical theories that provide framework
Ethical concerns of police, courts, and corrections
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