One of the ethical dilemma I faced, involved sports. I dated this girl for a while, and I go to the football games at her school, she was in band. But what I started noticing was the team never seemed to win, and I leaned that one reason was most would go out smoking weed before the game. Most of the main players in Dixies Greyhounds team hung around each other, and also smoked together which impacted the whole team.
Also most of the band would meet up and hang out with the football team and smoke, mostly weed but also there where some who used mushrooms. This could have even came back to affect me. At the time, the girl I dated would hung around them, so that could have easily hurt my future job in law enforcement if I …show more content…
Egoism is defined in the book as, "the ethical system that defines the pursuit of self-interest as a moral good". (Pollock) This seemed right to them, however by doing so they threw away all the hard work everyone put into that team.
Also this could be looked at as, an ethical dilemma example of ethics of care. Ethics of care as defined by our book is, "The ethical system that defines well as meeting the needs of others and preserving and enriching relationship".( Pollock) The idea that you do it just to fit is, plays into this. If you 're a follower and most people are doing it, then you might start. Also you can flip it you 're not doing drugs but your best friend is, so do you turn them in, and get them kicked off the team? So by doing it, or by just not talking about it you help to preserve your relationships with the people on the team.
What I did would be partly example of ethics of care, because one of the people involved was also a friend of the girl I was dating. What did I do, mostly I kept away from them (I didn’t care for them anyway) also I talked to her about being around