Blog 6 - How did the third contemporary issue effect your principles? What more have you found that you need to reasonably respond to these moral issues beyond a set of principles? Are their other skills or knowledge that will make you a more effective ethical being? What are they? The third contemporary issue of the death penalty did not make a huge impact on my personal principles. I don't have strong opinions on this topic. However, talking about this issue in class made me uncomfortable with the idea of ending life purposely and with an "eye for an eye" kind of mind set. I do not typically agree with this mentality, but I felt like I could relate to Hook's views on the death penalty. In order for me to reasonably respond to the moral issues that we covered, I found that I needed to respond with leeway and an open mind. Once I developed one personal principle, I realized that different moral issues would challenge my principles and I need to account for them.