Are we more moral today than in the puritan times? We are not more moral because how can we be more moral when we still have the deth penalty, innocent people getting accused, unpaid labor which is a crazy thing that they pay you less just because of who you are, child abuse, the suicide rate has increased by so much and most people don’t even care, and racism is still one of the biggest problems affecting our day to day lives in America.
We are still putting people on trial for the death sentence. The deth penalty is a crazy thing that still exists in today’s society since the Puritan times, a punishment that we have been using throughout history was deth, whether it was hanging someone, shooting them, or injecting them. This idea of people who think it’s okay to kill someone because they did something wrong is not okay, just because they did something wrong doesn’t mean a person doesn’t deserve a second chance, because people can change. “Oklahoma’s legacy of botched executions has continued to grow, as media witnesses to the October 28, 2021 execution of John Grant (pictured) reported that Grant suffered repeated convulsions and vomited over a nearly 15-minute period after he was administered the controversial execution drug midazolam. Grant’s execution was Oklahoma’s 113th since executions resumed in the United States in 1977 — tied with Virginia for the second most of any state during that period. It was also the state’s first execution since botching the executions of Clayton Lockett in April 2014 and Charles Warner in January 2015 and then aborting the execution of Richard Glossip in September 2015.”(Eyewitnesses Report John Grant Experienced Repeated ‘Full-Body Convulsions’ and Vomited During Execution; Oklahoma Says Execution was Carried Out ‘Without Complication )
This story is exactly what shows you they didn’t just kill this man they made him suffer and didn’t even care when if they gave this man a second chance he could have changed and become a better man, and they didn’t just do this in privet the showed it to the world as a good thing at that pint they dint just take his life they also took his dignity.
Innocent people getting accused, going on trial and having to do jail time. This issue we still have is accusing innocent people when they don’t even know it was that person, the evidence and proof don’t give us enough information to be sure that he is guilty or not, but so the police look good they arrest an innocent man or woman and put them on trial just because they may be the perpetrator. Whatever happened to “free until proven guilty” people are now getting sent to prison without the proof or evidence. “Outside of Jimmy Dennis’s house, on a quiet block, it was one of those perfect summer days. But Mr. Dennis preferred to stay inside, behind drawn shades, where there was little risk anyone would misinterpret what he was up to. Twenty-five years on death row can do that to a man. Since being arrested for a 1991 murder in Philadelphia, Mr. Dennis has maintained his alibi — that he was on a bus — and his innocence. But not until 2016 did a federal appeals court tell the state to start a new trial or release Mr. Dennis. Neither happened. Instead, prosecutors offered Mr. Dennis a deal: sign a plea of no contest to third-degree murder and he could leave prison instantly. If he declined, a new trial would most likely take years. The deal gave the city a potential out. Without an affirmative finding that he was innocent, the city would later argue, Mr. Dennis should not be able to bring a civil suit seeking payment for his years in prison.” (Clifford). He was sent to prison for 25 years, over two decades for something he didn’t even do, that is a lot of time. Imagine if this happened to you or someone close to you? it is a horrible thing especially when he had an alibi that they just dismissed at the end and didn’t care for it because they just needed to blame someone for it and move. How is this moral this traces back to the puritan times where they also accused innocent people and executed them or sent them to jail.
Unpaid labor is like slavery, even tho there is no more slavery-like there was before there is still slavery today and it’s done by abusing and not paying the employees and workers, it also happens to moms that stay home they work all day and don’t get paid. The way the unpaid labor is right in front of us but we see it as something normal is impressive even if you don’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not there, moms work 24/7 every day cleaning the house and taking care of the children it can be very exhausting for them and they don’t get paid, they are working for free and even tho it sounds like yeah it’s their job, just think of you going to work and you are working so hard but at the end, you don’t get paid or appreciated. Women also get paid less for working the same jobs as men in most places they make less even if they work harder they will make less just because they are female.
“One of the ways women are routinely devalued in our society is by being expected to perform unpaid labor — work that, whether or not it’s traditionally defined as “work,” requires time and energy, yet yields no monetary compensation. While we often talk about how women make less money for the same work, we don’t always recognize that when we use a less narrow, stereotypically masculine definition of “work,” women are actually doing a lot of work that pays nothing. If we really want economic equality, we need to start compensating for the unpaid labor women do, stop making them do it, or at least expect men to do the same amount of it.
Why is unpaid labor a problem, though? Well, because not compensating people for their labor sends the message that their labor is worthless and because it puts women at an economic disadvantage. Which, by the way, they’re already at, since women make about 80 percent of what men do at best (for women of color, the figure is even lower) and pay higher prices for the same products.”(Bustle) This shows the way women get underpaid and underappreciated for what they do and how America makes it harder for them when they only make 80% of what a man makes in the same job this is not a moral system, which traces back to the Puritan times where they women were underappreciated and couldn’t make money all they did was clean, cook and take care of the kids.
People abuse their children and make them work and or do other stuff and if they don’t comply they get hit the same with women and domestic violence. During the pandemic, a lot of nonmoral actions started to happen more and more, child abuse is one that skyrocketed when the pandemic started, since kids didn’t leave their houses anymore they couldn’t escape their abusers or get away from them because there were only online classes so they had to stay home all day. “Physical abuse of school-aged kids tripled during the early months of the pandemic when widespread stay-at-home orders were in effect, a new study finds exactly what triggered the surge is not fully understood, but other studies have also reported similar upticks in child abuse. A pediatrician who was not involved in the new research suspects COVID-19 and pandemic-related stresses created a “perfect storm” for abuse. “Stressful situations can be a trigger for poor judgment and impulsive reactions,” said Dr. Allison Jackson, division chief of the Child and Adolescent Protection Center at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. “There was a great deal of economic stress, job insecurity, and loss of housing potential during this time frame along with the closing of schools, which can be a reprieve for parents and kids.” For the study, researchers analyzed data on more than 39,000 children treated at nine pediatric trauma centers between March and September of last year. Of these, 2,064 were victims of suspected child abuse. Among children aged 5 and older, the number of child abuse victims tripled to 103, up from an average of 36 during a similar period before the pandemic, the study found. Researchers said a greater proportion of older children reported the abuse after stay-at-home orders went into effect last year.”(Mann) This is unbelievable child abuse tripled in a couple of months, it shows we are still using violence as the answer instead of something more moral more human-like taking their phone or video games not beating them up, and injuring them.
The rate of suicides has gone up by so much since that time because the world is not moral it is filled with bad things. The thing that is the most impactful yet overlooked problem in our societies is suicide, a lot of people say yeah don’t do it but really they don’t care at all and do nothing at all, this is a way that people show that they are not moral they treat people like garbage like they are worthless, and think it’s okay if you knew how easy it is to be nice instead of a jerk because you never know what someone is going through a simple smile or a nice comment can change thated, and often low-cost interventions. For national responses to be effective, a comprehensive multisectoral suicide prevention strategy is needed.”(World Health Organisation) This is how unm. “Every year 703 000 people take their own life and there are many more people who attempt suicide. Every suicide is a tragedy that affects families, communities, and entire countries and has long-lasting effects on the people left behind. Suicide occurs throughout the lifespan and was the fourth leading cause of death among 15-29 year-olds globally in 2019. Suicide does not just occur in high-income countries but is a global phenomenon in all regions of the world. In fact, over 77% of global suicides occurred in low- and middle-income countries in 2019. Suicide is a serious public health problem; however, suicides are preventable with timely, evidence-basoral. (Suicide) The world can treat a human so bad it makes you want to take your own life and it doesn’t help when other people are jerks because that comment they say or that actions they take can send you over the edge. How can we be moral when suicide is one of the largest causes of deth. This will not change until people start to care and start doing something about it.
The is so much racism towards a lot of different communities in the world and it shows how we are not more moral, the one that has hunted the world since the dawn of time is racism. Racism is the thing that has affected the world every single day without missing, it has made people suffer, treated like garbeg, that makes them feal worthless. Even if we don’t have slavery there is still racism every day and it will never stop until the racist learn that we are all the same and the ignorant open their eyes and see what is happening and do something about it. Throughout this country’s history, the hallmarks of American democracy – opportunity, freedom, and prosperity – have been largely reserved for white people through the intentional exclusion and oppression of people of color. The deep racial and ethnic inequities that exist today are a direct result of structural racism: the historical and contemporary policies, practices, and norms that create and maintain white supremacy. At the Urban Institute, we examine how structural racism continues to disproportionately segregate communities of color from access to opportunity and upward mobility by making it more difficult for people of color to secure quality education, jobs, housing, healthcare, and equal treatment in the criminal justice system. (Structural Racism in America)
In conclusion in the world today we are not more moral than we were in the Puritan times, we have progressed in some parts but we still have so much more to do before we become more moral, the world has its ups and downs but we are having more downs than ups in the last couple of years, and all problems can get fixed if we all come together and work together no matter where you are from or what you look like are all the same and until we realize that we will not be more moral.
Work cited:
Clifford, Stephanie “Wrongly Convicted, They Had to Choose: Freedom or Restitution”, The New York Times, The New York Times, 5 March 2021
“ Eyewitnesses Report John Grant Experienced Repeated ‘Full-Body Convulsions’ and Vomited During Execution; Oklahoma Says Execution was Carried Out ‘Without Complication”, Deth Penalty Information Center, Deth Penalty Information Center, 29 October 2021
Mann, Denise,Study: Child Abuse Rose During COVID Pandemic,U.S News, U.S News, 8 October 2021
”Structural Racism in America”, Urban Institution, Urban institution
Weiss, Suzannah, 7 Forms Of Unpaid Labor Women Are Expected To Do All The Dang Time, Bustle, Bustle, 20 April 2017
“Suicide”, World Health Oganization, World Health Oganization, 17 June 2021