Is Donald Trump’s presidential campaign behavior ethical?
November 8, 2016 The United States will hold the 58th quadrennial presidential election. There are 3 Democrats and 5 Republicans still in the presidential race, one of whose is Donald Trump.
Any of the candidates taking part in the presidential campaign can become the next president of the U.S. These people set the moral tone not only for the rest of the government, but for the whole country who follow their activity. Throughout the history it is evidential that leaders lost their support after unethical behavior. Gerald Ford who forgave Richard Nixon without a reason, Ronald Reagon who sold weapons to Iran in secret, or George Bush who led a war in Iraq with an erroneous acting (Fousek …show more content…
One of which has happened February 28, 2016, when Trump stated that he doesn’t know who is David Duke.
"Just so you understand, I don't know anything about David Duke, okay? I don't know anything about what you're even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists. So I don't know, did he endorse me or what's going on," Trump told CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday.
Is it ethical for a possible president to provide false information?
It is obvious that Donald Trump knows who is David Duke and he even mentioned him in several interviews during his 2015 campaign. Also, instead of taking the responsibility for such an answer, Trump blamed CNN for providing a bad technical equipment for the interview.
When it comes to candidate, a lot of people rely on a person who might become their next president. They support the beliefs of a leader and trust the words he communicates.By stating the deception and not taking the responcibility for it, Trump consciously blinds his supporters, american citizens who follow the political campaigns, KKK activists and involves them to be not aware of the …show more content…
Descrimination
Recently Donald Trump came under attack for offering to totally shut down the boarders for Muslims traveling to the US. The candidate decided to offer it after San Bernardino, California shooting by ISIS members in December of 2015.
Is religious discrimination an ethical issue here?
While ISIS is a real problem for the whole world, should people sharing one religion be punished for the terroristic activity of others? The Council on American-Islamic Relations, Nihad Awad, thinks that Trump’s “inflammatory rhetoric has crossed the line from spreading hatred to inciting violence”.
Hoping to do a greater good to protect American citizens, Trump insults people based on their religion.
Trump’s perspective is wrong mainly because:
1. Trump’s belief won’t make it easier to protect country from terrorist, because terrorism isn’t based on a religion, it is based on bad people and bad people can be anywhere in the world, including the United States. It is offensive to judge people based on their beliefs and everyone should have a freedom to choose a religion without being punished for
November 8, 2016 The United States will hold the 58th quadrennial presidential election. There are 3 Democrats and 5 Republicans still in the presidential race, one of whose is Donald Trump.
Any of the candidates taking part in the presidential campaign can become the next president of the U.S. These people set the moral tone not only for the rest of the government, but for the whole country who follow their activity. Throughout the history it is evidential that leaders lost their support after unethical behavior. Gerald Ford who forgave Richard Nixon without a reason, Ronald Reagon who sold weapons to Iran in secret, or George Bush who led a war in Iraq with an erroneous acting (Fousek …show more content…
One of which has happened February 28, 2016, when Trump stated that he doesn’t know who is David Duke.
"Just so you understand, I don't know anything about David Duke, okay? I don't know anything about what you're even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists. So I don't know, did he endorse me or what's going on," Trump told CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday.
Is it ethical for a possible president to provide false information?
It is obvious that Donald Trump knows who is David Duke and he even mentioned him in several interviews during his 2015 campaign. Also, instead of taking the responsibility for such an answer, Trump blamed CNN for providing a bad technical equipment for the interview.
When it comes to candidate, a lot of people rely on a person who might become their next president. They support the beliefs of a leader and trust the words he communicates.By stating the deception and not taking the responcibility for it, Trump consciously blinds his supporters, american citizens who follow the political campaigns, KKK activists and involves them to be not aware of the …show more content…
Descrimination
Recently Donald Trump came under attack for offering to totally shut down the boarders for Muslims traveling to the US. The candidate decided to offer it after San Bernardino, California shooting by ISIS members in December of 2015.
Is religious discrimination an ethical issue here?
While ISIS is a real problem for the whole world, should people sharing one religion be punished for the terroristic activity of others? The Council on American-Islamic Relations, Nihad Awad, thinks that Trump’s “inflammatory rhetoric has crossed the line from spreading hatred to inciting violence”.
Hoping to do a greater good to protect American citizens, Trump insults people based on their religion.
Trump’s perspective is wrong mainly because:
1. Trump’s belief won’t make it easier to protect country from terrorist, because terrorism isn’t based on a religion, it is based on bad people and bad people can be anywhere in the world, including the United States. It is offensive to judge people based on their beliefs and everyone should have a freedom to choose a religion without being punished for