Analysis Of Ethan Couch

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Ethan Couch grew up with parents who did not teach him the proper differences between right and wrong. They spoiled him with anything that he could ever want because they were wealthy. Unfortunately, because of this he did not hear the word no being used often when it came to things he wanted. These were some of the defenses used in court against declaring that the actions of Ethan Couch on the night of the accident that he caused while drunk was not his fault. His parents had allowed him to live at his house, that was meant to be sold, alone. He was with a group of his friends and they were drunk and all of them decided to get in a car drunk and drive. This resulted in a mass car accident killing few, but injuring many. After Ethan had …show more content…

He says that we become so accustomed to doing the wrong thing, that deciding choice that we made, that it no longer feels wrong and rather natural. That point will determine whether what we do in the future will be a sin because it no longer feels as though you are doing the wrong this. He says that every person has a different bechira point, and the struggle is to find where you better point actually is. “Everyone has a free choice at his bechira point, but the position of the better point itself is determined by various factors.” At first it is influenced by the way that you grew up, but this is not your bechira point. Rather, it is at the point that you are held most accountable for your actions and are responsible for making your own choices. The fear of G-d is primarily in man’s hand and whether or not you fear him is essential to prevention one from deflecting the truth, this is your bechira point. He says that if you did not know it was a rule then you can not be held accountable but when you do you are held accountable. We also have several better points in our lives of different parts, and you get a reward for keeping the mitzvot severity comes from bechira. Ethan’s bechira point may have been the night that he got into a car accident and killed a bunch of people. If this was his better point then he would be held accountable. He was aware that what he was doing was wrong, and yet he still did them anyway. Therefore, he is held accountable for his actions because that one point he had he chose wrong, because he knew that he should not have driven in the first place, and how his parents brought him up may have influenced it, but he chose wrong in the

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