Question

Although you are a strong of First Amendment rights, especially the protections of religious freedom, you find an exception to your beliefs when a speaker defends the rights of a separatist religious sect to practice polygamy. Which of these responses is more ethical?

A. Wait until the end of the presentation, then stand up and insist that the speaker listen to your re-buttal, just as you have listened to him or her.
B. Seek a way to infiltrate the sect in order to investigate the truth of what’s really going on.
C. Go home to look up passages in the Bible that either support or refute the speakers claims, then write an anonymous letter to a newspaper opinion page.
D. Sit quietly and listen to the speech to decide whether the message contains elements of value or whether to leave your original opinion un-modified.
E. Have a sense of humor; lighten the mood with a little laughter.

Answer 1

Although you are a strong of First Amendment rights, especially the protections of religious freedom, you find an exception to your beliefs when a speaker defends the rights of a separatist religious sect to practice polygamy. Which of these responses is more ethical?

D. Sit quietly and listen to the speech to decide whether the message contains elements of value or whether to leave your original opinion un-modified.

Step-by-step explanation:

The other options don't seem to be ethical. As the first options says, to stand up and insist wouldn't be polite. The second option, which recommends to Infiltrate the sect, can be dangerous. The third option does not seem to be functional or useful. And the last option is just a way to avoid an important matter and a childish way to approach it. That's way D is the most ethical response.