Psych Ethical Dilemmas

In this T.V. show called, Psych, one of the main character, Shawn Spencer, would constantly send in small tips to the police department that would help them with the cases that they are currently solving. Shawn gets called in as a suspect and he had to make up something to not get jailed, so he claims himself to be a psychic. In reality, Shawn just has a high observation skill and great detective instinct skill along with the help of his childhood friend, Gus, to keep his psychic act in check. In the first episode of Psych, I believe that he would fall in under two type of theories, the Ethical Egoism and Utilitarianism. The dilemma in this episode is revolving around Shawn trying to prove to the chief of the department that he is an actual “psychic” because if he doesn’t he’s going …show more content…
He is offered a job on a case that the police is stuck on for a while and he is using whatever he can that would benefit him and if he succeed in this, then he’ll have a permanent job in the future as a psychic. The Ethical Egoism theory is where the one person’s moral lays where it is best for themselves only. Ethical Egoism isn’t necessarily being selfish and only follow your self-interest. It just means that you are doing what would have the best outcome for yourself. Just because you’re following the Ethical Egoism doesn’t mean you can’t help other people out, it’ll just be like an extension of your self-interest, but it also means that you don’t have an obligation to help people since sometime it’s not in your self-interest. In the show, Shawn felt the need to lie to the detectives, so that he doesn’t have be held back in jail for couple of hours because he was scared of his temporary inmates and the toilet. All of that was mostly for his own self-interest, so he told them he was a “psychic”. That was