Ethics Case Analysis

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This paper is an analysis of the moral choices made in the case about searching the property of students in a high school, pointing out the ethical issues generated by the behavior of the students, the teacher who searched a girl's purse, and the courts that made the decision as to the legality of what occurred. The paper argues that the actions of the teacher were unethical even though that the outcome was as he believed it would be.

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"The case of the school search of the purse of student T.L.O. clearly raised a number of legal issues, but it also raises moral issues, as do the actions of the courts in the way they analyzed the issues and made a decision. A strict moral analysis would find that the two girls had broken the rules of the school and that they had also lied. At the same time, the analysis would have to find that the teacher had not acted morally but had taken action based on the outcome he believed would occur. The fact that the outcome was as he believed still does not mean that his actions were correct when he took those actions without taking the proper steps to do so. Moral character is defined by actions, the actions of choosing to follow the virtues and to live a moral and thus a good life."

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