Question

Todd and Edna have been married for three years. They have had serious personal problems. Edna is a heavy drinker, and Todd cannot keep a job. Also, they have bickered and fought constantly since their marriage. Deciding that the way to overcome their problems is to have a child, they stop practicing birth control, and Edna becomes pregnant.

​​​​​​ 1. Identify the consequences of the actions taken

2. Determine whether the actions taken represented a greater good, who would benefit from the good, and whether the consequences ethically justify the decisions and actions.

3. How would Locke have addressed or solved the problem?

Answer 1

1. There would be many consequences of eh action taken by Tood and Edna, Considering hey had a lot of problems in their relationship as well as personally, Edna's drinking habit and Todd could not even keep a job getting a new person into their lives would only further worsen the problem. This could probably effect the born as well.

2. The action taken was very immature and there was no good for either of them. Probably one of the solution would be to take help from an expert who could help them identify the root cause of the problem and fix that instead of creating another problem which would be very difficult to overcome.

3. Locke believed that you are the owner of your own life. In this case ethically and morally Locke would have tried to educate both Edna and Todd as to the reaction of what they are currently going through is not mature enough and would do no good other than only worsen the situation more. Both of them would need to give in their bad habits behave in a mature manner and go for a child only when they are ready for it and not think that it is a solution to the current problem.