Measurement Scale In Court Cases

My research on this essay is that concerning the use of a measurement scale in court cases in order to define and understand the competence of an individual charged. Through this, there is the possibility to assess if they are capable of understanding the crime committed, and, in a sense, the ability to know their ‘right from wrong’. It is my opinion that such a measurement would be inaccurate, and would be incapable of altering its standards and applicability for every person individually. The morality of a person is altered depending upon their upbringing, behavior, environment, and social interactions. It is my belief, as I will explain in this essay, that the capacity to measure a person’s ethics is not able to be achieved by using some …show more content…
Keywords: morality, competence, measurement, ethics, behavior, consequence

When analysing an abstract concept, such as one affiliated with sympathy and empathy as morality is concerned, it is imperative to have a definition of what morality is. In most dictionary definitions, the common definition for morality considered to be “principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior, in order to conform to social circumstances.” In morality, there are two main components: consequence and purpose. When someone commits a crime, there is a common goal in mind for most criminals. Either, the betterment of the individual, or the betterment of those around them, or both, under normal situations, are the common cause for criminal activity. It is this that determines how a person will act and behave, depending entirely on the situation. When asked in a trial of court, it is often determined if the subject who has committed a crime is entirely of sound mind, and if their mental state or emotional state are altered so that they do not recognize the moral wrongness they might have committed. There is now debate over whether …show more content…
Along with this, it might be that the druggist was not behaving greedily as assumed, but instead was in a desperate situation himself along with Heinz and the dying wife, as he might lack the funds in his own personal life to keep his own upkeep and had to sell for a higher price in order to keep his own person from suffering. There is far too many factors involved, as in real life and not in this simple example, and attempting to create a measurement for the competence of Heinz’s morality and sentencing him depending on this, would be inaccurate and would fail to understand the all-encompassing situation and circumstances presented. In order to understand if someone is behaving moral or not, you must first be aware of the effects and codes of conduct implanted by the society, and how that person has either broken or behaved indifferently towards the rules presented by that specific group of