(June 22, 2015 at 2:34 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I believe the death penalty is immoral as well, so I would be a hypocrite if I said this was moral. Unless she acted to save her child's life (which doesn't sound like it) I do not think it was a moral act.
But I do think that the woman's culpability is very much lessened if not completely eliminated due to the shock she was in. I would never condemn her or say she is a bad person.
And as you can see, even in our judicial system... murder remains a crime, but a person's verdict is subjective.
You do not have to agree with my versions of morality. Likewise, I do not agree with yours either. We can have different morals and moral standards, and that is fine. I still respect your views, and I still think you are a good person despite our differences.
Considering the damage that sexual abuse does to a young child, the mother might have saved her son's life further down the road. This sounds like self defense to me.