Reflection Paper
Reflection Paper
Reflection Paper
Reflection:
Extra-judicial killing is killing a person without due process. After President Duterte
won the presidency last 2016 election, one of his plans was to abolish drugs through
his Drug war campaign. This involves killing users that didn't stop using or selling
drugs. And this brought a lot of problems to the CHR. They're also trying to address
this issue. Somehow, this issue did not only brought problems for the CHR but also
for the church and the citizens due to the traumas of everyday hearing news relating
to killings.
As for me, this is not an issue we should tolerate. Yes it may have an advantage or a
positive side because we're complacent that we'll be walking along the streets safely
without theft and rapes but seeing someone kill just to provide us a safe environment
is never justifiable. It may be justified to kill someone just to protect yourself in the
moment but not to kill someone in order to prevent things that are yet to happen. This
means that your action must be good but there are unavoidable bad effects. God
gave us this life. He even offer His life to save us. No one has the right to take one's
life except Him. We should treasure our life for this is a gift from Him. And according
to one ethical principle in Natural Theory which is the Principle of Inviolability of
Human life that the life of the criminal is as important as the life of an upright person.
Thus, killing someone just because he uses drugs or sells drugs is unjustifiable. I'm a
pro life so I, myself, don't tolerate killings.