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Blog #11 - Ethics Wrap Up

Dilemma: You work in an office space where you have been in the same role for the past 6 years, you realized you can get the boss fired and take his place, your pay would skyrocket but at the same time, you would not be able to maintain standards and the company will fail. You would get the biggest compensation of $500, 000 but everyone else in the company would have to walk away empty-handed and jobless. What would you do? Devine Command Theory: this is a concept where you do what would be wanted by a supreme power that is tied to religion, faith, and beliefs. We understand that in this case, the company would be out of business, but that company may be forcing people into acts they do not believe in and that we can consider that there is the reason for the current boss to be thrown out. Unilateralism: the idea that wants the greatest amount of good for the most amount of people. Obviously, if you do become the boss and everyone loses their jobs does not sound lik

Blog #10 - The Morality Play

When filling out the morality play questionnaire I took an initial rule, that I would not involve myself in situations I don’t need to be in. I would generally help where I could but, I would not deviate “out of my way” to help someone who I don’t know. The parts I found particularly difficult was where it is suggesting wasting one life to save several others, my proposition Is that I do not give any bias to anyone. I am not going to be the one to decide who gets to live and who gets to die. In that situation, I often diverted to leaving things the way they are and not interfering at all. I found the situation where I am helping someone I know as in a close friend or relative to be easy to answer always with a definitive YES. I see it has to do with love for that person, unconditionally I would want to do everything in my power completely un-dependent on other opinions. Form this exercise I learned that ethical decisions don’t have a right or wrong, they are often never reall