To what Extent is it Ethical or Accepted for Graphic Designers to Profit from Disaster?
Introduction
Companies, like vultures, circle over societies waiting for the right opportunity to strike and make money off events that either positive or negative to the population. Tragedy, by definition, equals an unfortunate event that causes great sadness, most often involving death and can cause feelings of strong regret, anger, and sadness. The question becomes: where is the ethical line for profiteering? An ethical dilemma at its finest: How can graphic designers honor the tragedy and yet maneuver it in a way to make money for the public or private industry. Ethics, by definition, defends and recommends concepts of right and wrong conduct and runs through …show more content…
Aristotle influenced ethics during his time and still influences ethics today; he states that, “tragedy is the “imitation of an action” (mimesis) according to “the law of probability or necessity” so if the action warrants as necessary the consequence (tragedy) does not matter (Aristotle). This viewpoint means that tragedy only creates cause and effect chains that show what could and can happen and why and “the medium of tragedy is drama,” in translation to today’s society the weight of the event measures in the coverage, the more drama the bigger the event (McManus). In application his words carried weight and many used what he said to create a base for their ethical beliefs. Emmanuel Kant also contributes to some of the ethics and Unitarianism as spoken of in “Kant’s Ethical Thought” though met by opposition his thoughts still grace some people’s morals within the coined term, ‘what is best for the whole is what should be done’ this thought supports both sides of the argument as one could call the businesses the whole or those effected as the whole. All these elements together lead into what the actual product and use of the said product impacts in society and in the
Introduction
Companies, like vultures, circle over societies waiting for the right opportunity to strike and make money off events that either positive or negative to the population. Tragedy, by definition, equals an unfortunate event that causes great sadness, most often involving death and can cause feelings of strong regret, anger, and sadness. The question becomes: where is the ethical line for profiteering? An ethical dilemma at its finest: How can graphic designers honor the tragedy and yet maneuver it in a way to make money for the public or private industry. Ethics, by definition, defends and recommends concepts of right and wrong conduct and runs through …show more content…
Aristotle influenced ethics during his time and still influences ethics today; he states that, “tragedy is the “imitation of an action” (mimesis) according to “the law of probability or necessity” so if the action warrants as necessary the consequence (tragedy) does not matter (Aristotle). This viewpoint means that tragedy only creates cause and effect chains that show what could and can happen and why and “the medium of tragedy is drama,” in translation to today’s society the weight of the event measures in the coverage, the more drama the bigger the event (McManus). In application his words carried weight and many used what he said to create a base for their ethical beliefs. Emmanuel Kant also contributes to some of the ethics and Unitarianism as spoken of in “Kant’s Ethical Thought” though met by opposition his thoughts still grace some people’s morals within the coined term, ‘what is best for the whole is what should be done’ this thought supports both sides of the argument as one could call the businesses the whole or those effected as the whole. All these elements together lead into what the actual product and use of the said product impacts in society and in the