Morals. Ethics And How They Dominate Our Arguments

Morals vs Ethics and How They Dominate Our Arguments
One major topic that appears in arguments is the argument of morals versus ethics. By definition, morals apply to an individual’s opinion of right and wrong. Ethics, however, are based on what a society perceives as right or wrong. Due to these two closely related issues, arguments can be hard to resolve due to different standpoints. For example, if someone believes that being attracted to another person of the same gender is morally wrong, they are most likely not agree with laws passed to protect people in these relationships from prejudice. However, the ethically right thing to do, in this situation, would be to accept the person since the society deems the situation as just and unarguable.
Sadly, some of the children that joined in only decided to participate due to the fact that it was the cool new trend happening and basically falls down to bandwagon actions. She states that it may be the cool thing now but after this dies down in the media, nothing is really going to change. She states that this “negligence, incompetence and inattention to the core mission of education and ensuring students’ safety” does not just change because students are walking out of schools. In order to back this claim, she gives the example of the Broward County school board in Florida and how after finally looking into bad things and putting a temporary end to them only lasted temporarily. In other words, Malkin believes that the national school walkout allowed children to join in on something that overall seems to be a good cause but will not have an impact on society. It also will not have a huge impact because a wide range of students were fighting for something that they did not understand or did not fully look
Malkin acknowledges this when she writes “Many may be exceptionally smart, passionate and articulate beyond their years.” Some teenagers, like Emma Gonzalez, can understand the way world around them worlds and are capable with coming up with solutions to issues. This is why many schools have debate teams that allow students to challenge their brains in order to truly understand the issues around them. Some, like Laurence Tribe, who is a Harvard law professor, argue that children are better at detecting “false truths” or lies being told by