Ethical Dilemmas Essay

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Ethical Dilemma Keith Niesen CJA/324 July 23, 2013 Lawrence Del Mese Ethical Dilemma The topic that is being touched is a current one that is huge right now and has many people split right now on what is right or wrong. The George Zimmerman case was a big case this year and most likely the most important case that happened this year. Everyone knows that Zimmerman was found not guilty and that sparked huge public outrage and the public threatened to riot. Already in some cases like Los Angeles many people protested and some stores and public places where destroyed or damaged. The main issue is race was Zimmerman actually racist and did he profile this kid because he was black or did he look like a thug doing no good on the streets. What are the social dilemmas that are involved here or did the media use this man who may be a god man who made some bad choices and paint him as a racist individual who went out of his way to hurt and African America kid because of his color. What are ethical dilemmas and how do they affect us in our daily lives. Ethical dilemmas can also be known as moral dilemmas because choices or decisions may have to be made. This can be from a single person or a group of people and two choices must be made. Sometimes neither choice may resolve the situation in an ethical fashion. With situations like these social and ethical guidelines or common sense may not be the answer and will not provide a satisfying outcome for the chooser. When looking at ethical dilemmas society assumes that the person making the choice will abide by the norms of society like rules, religion and this can conflict with making an ethical decision (Ethical Dilemma Examples, 2013). On February 26th, 2012 George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon martin a young man who was supposedly walking home after he bought some skittles and iced tea. Zimmerman claimed this was

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