Ford's Ethical Egoism Theory System

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1. After I read the Ford case, I think Ford was operating under the Ethical Egoism Theory system at the time of this series of events. According to the textbook, I also thought about the Moral Relativists and the Utilitarian theory would be the best ethical system that the Ford was taken at that time. Because Moral Relativists do not believe in absolute rule, or even the social contract but on the pressure of the moment. It might also a little bit suitable for the Ford company at that time. But in the final, I believe the Ethical Egoism Theory is the best suitable one. After I read our textbook paragraphs, I knew the “Ethical Egoism holds that we all act in our own self-interest”. All of the decision that we made at that time base on self-interest. …show more content…
In my opinion, the ethical model that would have been useful that they chose to examine their corporate will be The Categorical Imperative and Immanuel Kant Theory. As I mentioned before, The Ford company make the decision based on their self-interest. The Jenny’s text pointed out, philosopher Immanuel Kant’s theories claims everyone must operate under the same usage rules. “Self-interest was not a big seller with Kant, and he wants universal principles adopted with all goodwill and pureness of heart”. I think if the company had chosen to examine their corporate behavior, they had already chosen base on their own benefits, but I hope they want to make some decision for the right reason that can save their customer lives and for their safety. I thought this model will be suitable for …show more content…
I think the Ford Company should not subject to any punitive legal actions. Because all the features of the Explorer met the federal minimum required. There was no any reason they should be punish by law. But, actually they had some design defeats by their internal standards, from the ethical side, they should improve their design for their customer and driver safety. Such as, the roof strength, the suspension and the weight.

5. From my point of view, I believe it is not fair the Firestone company bear the entire responsibility of these accidents and this series of events for the Explorer Model. As we known, the tire which were from Firestone had problem and they were not safe enough for the customers. However, the Ford Explorer model also had some design defeats too and actually they had already known these defeats. However, they still point to the firestone for the whole responsibility. If they did the decision by the ethical side, they should take part of the responsibility

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