Topic: Your view on ethics (Read 164 times)
moral? If you talk about morality then this is a very serious question. First of all, morality is the product of self, not the necessity of all. If morality is public, then why do the rich show off in front of ordinary people? Is this also moral? Therefore, I believe that morality is a product of self and has nothing to do with society. Social morality is usually a way of doing things for people.
It's definitely down to what you truly believe is right in your heart...
If you feel sticking your neck out for people is correct,then hell you're entitled to keep doing it..
But if you ask me,try not to displease yourself to please others,most times you'll end up kicking yourself for it
If you feel sticking your neck out for people is correct,then hell you're entitled to keep doing it..
But if you ask me,try not to displease yourself to please others,most times you'll end up kicking yourself for it
Thanks for sharing your opinion. Personally I have never pursued self interest and wasn't aware of that. Instead, I was on the other side believing that I should sacrifice myself for other people. It's just a point of view but it has definitely changed the way I interact with people. I see that more people are mad when I tell them 'no' but I guess it's just the reaction from the change I made 
Recently I started learning about Ethics and I found out two theories: theory of egoism and utilitarian theory.
Theory of egoism or ethical egoism states that the person must always pursue their self interest. ....
Theory of egoism or ethical egoism states that the person must always pursue their self interest. ....
This has largely been responsible for mankind's achievements.
Recently I started learning about Ethics and I found out two theories: theory of egoism and utilitarian theory.
Theory of egoism or ethical egoism states that the person must always pursue their self interest. Telling one person how to behave in the society such as asking them to be more empathetic is against this theory. You're asking an individual to behave differently than what he "feels".
Main criticism for the theory: "Faced with a situation of limited resources, egoists would consume as much of the resource as they could, making the overall situation worse for everybody."
Utilitarian theory is the one which produces the greatest well-being of the greatest number of people. By this ethical point of view, you prefer to sacrifice a minority for the greatest number of people. I read somewhere that under utilitarian, you can also LIE for the sake of making others feeling better. Kind of what some politicians did in the history if you think well enough!
Main criticism for the theory: The theory tries to quantify well being by assuming consequences. In some cases everything may go as planned, in others....
One interesting example is Ford which released years ago a car called "Ford Pinto"
The problem with the car is that its design made that, in case of accident from behind, it would explode because of the fuel tank.
Ford could decide to modify each of the 12.5 million cars for just $11/car resulting in $137.5 million. The organisation calculated that, if there would be 1,000 fatalities it would have to pay less than $15 million in lawsuit, resulting in just $1.2/car! In this case, some 500 people died but Ford won the legal case and seems that they didn't even pay any fines!
Ethically, not correct but it still worked.
Are you an ethical person? Do you believe that being ethical is necessary for being successful? What about politicians?
Theory of egoism or ethical egoism states that the person must always pursue their self interest. Telling one person how to behave in the society such as asking them to be more empathetic is against this theory. You're asking an individual to behave differently than what he "feels".
Main criticism for the theory: "Faced with a situation of limited resources, egoists would consume as much of the resource as they could, making the overall situation worse for everybody."
Utilitarian theory is the one which produces the greatest well-being of the greatest number of people. By this ethical point of view, you prefer to sacrifice a minority for the greatest number of people. I read somewhere that under utilitarian, you can also LIE for the sake of making others feeling better. Kind of what some politicians did in the history if you think well enough!
Main criticism for the theory: The theory tries to quantify well being by assuming consequences. In some cases everything may go as planned, in others....
One interesting example is Ford which released years ago a car called "Ford Pinto"
The problem with the car is that its design made that, in case of accident from behind, it would explode because of the fuel tank.
Ford could decide to modify each of the 12.5 million cars for just $11/car resulting in $137.5 million. The organisation calculated that, if there would be 1,000 fatalities it would have to pay less than $15 million in lawsuit, resulting in just $1.2/car! In this case, some 500 people died but Ford won the legal case and seems that they didn't even pay any fines!
Ethically, not correct but it still worked.
Are you an ethical person? Do you believe that being ethical is necessary for being successful? What about politicians?
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