• Dirty Hands Dilemma “is another famous quandary encountered in ethics. When public officials do wrong (dirty their hands), for example by lying, but do so to further the public good” (Ewoh, page 3). No it is not acceptable for leader to ever justified lying or public good. When leaders of administration accept their position they take an oath to uphold the constitution and lying to the people is breaking that oath. America has been put in bad situations because of leaders lying for the “public good”. When America went to war with Iran, the people was told it was for the public good because Iran had weapons of max destruction. Once America’s soldiers enter the land there were no weapons to be found. Another example of a leader lying to the
