Morality and Law Questions

Attached (also below) are 7 questions on Morality and Law. Please respond to each question thoroughly. Thank you for your time.


QUESTIONS:

1. Under what circumstances, if any, might the legalization or decriminalization of drugs be beneficial to society?

2. Do you consider alcohol a drug? Should greater control be placed on the sale of alcohol?

3. Do TV shows and films glorify drug usage and encourage youths to enter the drug trade? Should all images on
TV of drugs and alcohol be banned?

4. Is prostitution really a crime? Should a man or woman have the right to sell sexual favors if they so choose?

5. Do you believe there should be greater controls placed on the distribution of sexually explicit material on the Internet? Would you approve of the online sale of sexually explicit photos of children if they were artificial images created by computer
animation?

6. Which statement is more accurate and why:
(a) Sexually aggressive men are drawn to pornography because it reinforces their preexisting hostile drugs cause people to become mentally ill. He asks you to comment on other possible explanations. What you tell him? orientation to sexuality; or
(b) Reading or watching pornography can make men become sexually aggressive.

7. Are there objective standards of morality? Does the existing criminal code reflect contemporary national moral standards? Or are laws banning sexual behaviors and substance abuse the product of a relatively few "moral entrepreneurs" who seek to
control other people's behaviors?

Attached file(s):

CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS.doc  View File