Death Penalty: Answer or Problem?

Reynan Sibanta

The Philippines is a religion-based country. Filipinos are broad-minded most

especially in distinguishing what is right and what is wrong. Their philosophy is centrally
based in “The Bible” with accordance to their religion. But, the government is greatly
alarmed because of the continuous rise of the crime rate in the country. This issue
became a reason for reinstating Death Penalty as a law in the Justice System of the
Philippines. According to one of the sites made by Pearson, the world’s largest integrated
education, Death Penalty is the infliction of death upon a person by judicial process as a
punishment for an offense and I am strongly disagreeing to implement again this law.
Philosophical politicians and the Church firmly do not want to return Death
Penalty as a law here in the country. Death Penalty as a law in the Philippines Justice
System for we a religion oriented and “The Bible” told us that killing other people is
immoral because life is sacred. God gives life to us and he is the only one to take it away
from us. A death penalty is the sentence of execution for murder and some other capital
crimes. The death penalty, or capital punishment, may be prescribed by Congress or any
legislature for murder and other capital crimes. Not all the teachings in the Bible apply
to the present age, particularly those on stoning or executing criminals as punishment are
not agreed upon by the society today. In the New Testament, a woman who was
accused of adultery was brought to Jesus and He said that only those without sin could
stone her as punishment and in the end, every single person walked away (John 8:1-11).
The Catholic body relies on God`s value on human life as important. Only God can
decide whether a man should die or not and it is in His hands that the death will come
not through capital punishment. Since the Philippines is a Catholic nation, the people
would support the decision of the Catholic Church and what it believes in just like what
happened in RH bill.
No man deserves to die because of his crime; life imprisonment is a better option
for a criminal to be punishment was in effect. Innocent people would die because the
justice system does not carefully handle the case and cannot defend themselves. As a
Catholic nation, it is agreed upon today that death penalty gives justice. The Catholics
believe that only the Lord can decide a man’s fate. Death Penalty should not be
imposed in the country since it against Catholic teachings the criminal justice system is
faulty.
 PARENTING: PHYSICAL DISCIPLINE NEED?
A history of exposure to harsh physical discipline has been linked to
negative outcomes for children, ranging from conduct disorder to depression and
low self-esteem. The present study extends this work into adolescence, and
examines the relationship of lifetime histories of harsh discipline to adolescents’
internalizing and externalizing symptoms and to their developing capacities for
establishing autonomy and relatedness in family interactions.
Adolescent and parent reports of harsh discipline, independently coded
observations of conflictual interactions, and adolescent reports of symptoms
were obtained for 141 adolescents at age 16. Both parents’ use of harsh discipline
was related to greater adolescent depression and externalizing behavior, even
when these effects were examined over and above the effects of other parenting
measures known to account for these symptoms. Adolescents exposed to harsh
discipline from mothers were also less likely to appear warm and engaged
during an interaction task with their mothers. It is suggested that a history of
harsh discipline is associated not only with social and emotional functioning, but
also with the developmental task of autonomy and relatedness. Hitting children
does not teach them about responsibility, conscience development and self-
control. "Hitting children does not teach them right from wrong," says Elizabeth
Gershoff, PhD, an expert on the effects of corporal punishment on children who
provided research for the resolution. "Spanking gets their attention, but they
have not internalized why they should do the right thing in the future. They may
behave when the adult is there but do whatever they want at other times."
Parents who use physical discipline may be teaching their child to resolve
conflicts with physical aggression. Researchers found that spanking can elevate a
child’s aggression levels as well as diminish the quality of the parent-child
relationship. Other studies have documented that physical discipline can
escalate into abuse.
 HOMOSEXUAL: SHOULD ADOPT CHILD?
Family constellations among lesbian- and gay-parented families are largely quite different
from the heterosexually-parented nuclear family. Our conventional notion of a parenting family
contains many presumptions: that there will be two parents, that they will be one of each gender,
that they will be romantic partners of one another, they will live under one roof, that they will both
be biologically related to the children they raise, and that they will be recognized legally as a
family.
Homosexual people have faced many trials and tribulations in pursuit of living a normal
and happy life. There are many controversial events and topics that are barriers blocking complete
happiness. Although those barriers are in place, the people in the LGBT subculture seem to making
the best of every situation. Fighting for their rights and changing laws to protect them are paving
the way for a brighter future. In hopes of being normal, many same-sex couples want to have a
family and for some the only option is adoption. Well, same-sex adoption is not legal in most places
which makes this dream for some impossible. This caused controversy between same-sex couples
and the general public who believes that same-sex adoption should remain illegal. Ultimately,
same-sex adoption should be legal. The same-sex controversy is one of the many results from the
slow process of gay marriage becoming legalized in various states across the United States of
America. The fight for gay marriage is predated way back to the Stonewall Riots of 1969 (“The
Stonewall Riot”). Along with various events in between government officials began to understand
that homosexuals are entitled to the right to marry their life partner. In 2012, same-sex marriage
became legal in three states ("Same-sex marriage in the United States"). This was the start of a
very important change in the LGBT subculture. To date there are a total of 14 states where same-
sex marriages are legal ("New Jersey becomes 14th state. Gay and lesbian parented families in
hiding about who they are can be presumed to be everywhere. They may look like heterosexual
nuclear families, with no one outside the family knowing that one or both parents is gay. More
often, one sees what looks like a single mother, perhaps. The fact that she has a committed life
partnership may be hidden from everyone in her life: her employer, her community, and even her
child.
The fact that these families are thriving despite tremendous social obstacles is certainly
admirable. They have largely done their own advocacy and absorbed the difficulties as individuals.
If our agenda is to see that every member of these families is optimally cared for medically and
educationally, and if our aim is to protect the rights of children living in these families so that they
do not lose a parent due to homophobia and heterosexist definitions of family, then we must, as
professionals and simply as neighbors and citizens, be proactive about increasing visibility for them.
Families who see themselves welcomed in a school brochure, for example, or mentioned in a
kindergarten class on family diversity, will be far more likely to openly disclose to their
communities. Their visibility, in turn, will help to change the stereotypes and hysteria that afflict our
culture, and make our institutions more realistic and compassionate.