Social Contract Theory Vs Moral Rule

long as these claims can be made by everyone else. His second principle stated that everyone should have an equal opportunity to assume any inequalities in benefits. The second principle also included the difference principle, which says that inequalities in society should still benefit the least advantaged. These are all important things to consider when evaluating a moral rule through the Social Contract Theory. The rule we are evaluating is the same as in our Kantian and Rule Utilitarianism approaches. Although no explicit laws are being broken by the hotel companies, they have still been violating building codes and waste treatment codes. Social Contract Theory does not approve of moral rules that allow for breaking laws or committing …show more content…
Social Contact would not approve of a rule where companies have the opportunity to make money off of everyone else, and don’t share it or use that money to better Sun Moon Lake. It is not ethical to take something that everyone in Taiwan can take pride in, such as Sun Moon Lake, and use it to make money off of tourists that will be visiting form other countries. Our moral rule fails the Social Contract Theory because of these reasons. The final theory to be tested is Virtue Ethics. In Virtue Ethics, a right action is an action that a virtuous person, who is acting in character, would do in the same circumstances. A virtuous person exemplifies virtues, or traits that humans need in order to feel satisfied. Virtue Ethics holds the belief that a good person will do the right thing for the right reason. A virtuous person acting in character would most likely want to preserve the lake and would criticize the hotel companies for being greedy. It seems fairly simple that a virtuous person would not allow a sacred location to be used and destroyed just to make money. By choosing to prevent the lake from further development, the virtuous person could be exemplifying virtues such as nobility, righteousness, and awareness of surroundings. By Virtue Ethics, disregarding environmental damage in order to make more money and increase tourism further is seen as …show more content…
But, if the influx of tourists keeps increasing, demand for hotels will go up and money-loving businessmen will realize this and start building more hotels on top of the hotels being built now. This will result in more pollution, which will end up damaging the lake’s natural beauty. If the natural beauty of the lake disappears, all these hotels will be likely to go out of business with barely any tourists. My job is to ensure that tourists keep coming without having the ill effects of pollution. The tourists come to relax and get away from their busy day-to-day lives. The problem with a large influx of tourists is creating traffic and making the area around Sun Moon Lake look more like the environment the tourists try to stay away from during their vacation period, this is another factor we have to take into consideration to ensure that tourists keep coming in. The best way to go about this is to put in laws that limit the number of hotels in the area. Obviously, the existing hotels would be allowed to operate and the hotels under construction will finish their construction and start operating. As a tourism official, I would not allow more hotels to be built in the area. Not only will the hotels be better off without more competition, but pollution will not go up as a result of more