Utilitarianism In Schools

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Children set fire to school I want to explore whether children are part of the moral community according to utilitarianism ethics.
Recently in Western Alaska, a boy of the age of six and a girl of seven set fire to a school. Troopers and other officials quickly responded to the fire, so the damaged was minimal and did not injured anyone. Repairing the damaged is expected to cost less than $20,000. The Bethel Department of Juvenile Justice will determine the charges for the kids who will be held responsible because the fire was in intentional (Edge, 2015). The exact punishment or reason for the fire was not reported in the article.
Children are known to be fragile, naïve and out of control, so we rarely blame them for things that they have

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