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Reflective Response: What is Morality? The Robert Latimer case is of particular ethical interest. It seems that the complexity of the issue ought to inherently consider the supposed victim’s life. The ethical quandary would normally focus on the absence of their autonomy, and whether their caregiver has the authority to assert themselves as the means to the victim’s end. However, the article extends the ethics to consider setting precedence for future cases. A concern arises from this consideration, though. The article suggests that the judicial system overrides the value society places on a person’s life. To this, I pose a question to the general authority figures of the judicial systems: if a person is charged with a mere fine, or condemned to a lesser sentence as method of circumventing the issue of punishment for murder or not to be punished, is that necessary? By using this lesser punishment, the judge does not justly act to the letter of the law, nor does it, as the article writes, have the “father be lauded for his moral courage”. This option of punishment is ineffectual. The article suggests this, as well, when it states “there is no in-between”. I essentially feel the issue of euthanasia ought to solely focus on morality and the consideration of life, and not of setting precedence in the judicial context....