Sean Gilman
Ethics in America
When is slapping a minor in a public location considered immoral? If you witness this incident do you get involved? It is hard to know what is considered unethical or not because different people have different perspectives on what is considered child abuse. Is it right to intrude in other people’s private manners? If you do intervene will it make matters worse? How would a parent slapping a child in public affect the community? These are things that should be taken into consideration.
Is it right to intrude in other people’s private matters? Whether or not people intervene depends on how severe the child is being slapped or beaten. If the child is unruly and knocking items off of shelves and the mom or dad grabs the kid and strikes him across the face that would be considered child abuse and it would become necessary to intervene, maybe not by yourself, but by calling the CPS or even calling the police officer that is usually stationed in a supermarket to prevent these kinds of things. What wouldn’t be considered child abuse is if the parent pulled the child aside and lectured him or her on about their bad behavior.
