Growing up in America as a young adult today is much different
than 50 or even 100 years ago. The ethical issues we face have
changed but in a sense have the same impact on certain
individuals. In the year 1912 a major ethical issue was racism
and slavery. In the world today racism still happens but there
have been laws emplaced to protect these individuals. The law
that affects many people from marrying the person they love has
not yet been passed in all states; this is the law that would
allow gay marriage. Gay marriage has been an uprising issue in
the United States, using the theories virtue ethics and
emotivism different examples will be provided to solve this
issue. The thought of marriage has been around for centuries.
Marriage was first known used in the fourteenth century and
today it is defined as “the social institution under which a man
and woman establish their decision to live as husband and wife
by legal commitments, religious ceremonies, etc.”
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