Ethics can be defined as the moral principles that dictate a person or groups’ behavior and decisions. Throughout the years, the human race has created a certain code of ethics, that most civilizations live by. When making a decision based on ethics, one must take into consideration all applicable variables that might be affected such as how this decision might benefit some people, and hinder others. Another thing to consider is the long term implications this decision might have. Ethical decision making is exceedingly important because in the long run, it’s what’s gotten our society to where it is today, humans make decisions based on ethics everyday, whether it be what movie to watch, or who to vote for. In order to make ethical decisions,
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Many are so consumed by the opinions of society and what society wants that they change their morals to suit the needs of others in order to please them. Humans would rather fail honorably than succeed and be made fun of. This is shown all over the world, even if it goes unnoticeable. Say a group of children were bullying one child although some children in the group knew that what they were doing was unethical, they most likely wouldn’t speak up only because they are afraid of being made fun of themselves. Shooting an Elephant by George Orwelll shows this theory well, the author was a police officer, and in the time he lived police officers were hated by many, and in a way he was often the “bullied child”, until one day he received a call about an elephant that was causing havoc and nobody but George could stop it. At this moment George was no longer the one being bullied, instead he was expected to step up and kill the elephant. The author notes that he had no plans of shooting the elephant, he wasn’t going to go against his code of ethics if it didn’t need to be done. Although he did not want to kill the elephant, he noticed an immense crowd around him, and so he decided that if he was going to gain any trust from the people surrounding him, he must shoot the elephant. George pondered the decision over
Many are so consumed by the opinions of society and what society wants that they change their morals to suit the needs of others in order to please them. Humans would rather fail honorably than succeed and be made fun of. This is shown all over the world, even if it goes unnoticeable. Say a group of children were bullying one child although some children in the group knew that what they were doing was unethical, they most likely wouldn’t speak up only because they are afraid of being made fun of themselves. Shooting an Elephant by George Orwelll shows this theory well, the author was a police officer, and in the time he lived police officers were hated by many, and in a way he was often the “bullied child”, until one day he received a call about an elephant that was causing havoc and nobody but George could stop it. At this moment George was no longer the one being bullied, instead he was expected to step up and kill the elephant. The author notes that he had no plans of shooting the elephant, he wasn’t going to go against his code of ethics if it didn’t need to be done. Although he did not want to kill the elephant, he noticed an immense crowd around him, and so he decided that if he was going to gain any trust from the people surrounding him, he must shoot the elephant. George pondered the decision over