Ethical Decision Making
Ethical Decision Making Today much of our time is spent on making decisions which often are not taken by us. Whether to go to college or to buy a house or not or to switch from one job to another etc. are all examples of decisions that we have to make in our day to day life. So, what is the role of ethics in making these decisions? First of all, what does ethics, even mean? As per a dictionary definition, ethics refers to the morals associated with decisions or actions that we make in our daily life. Ethics plays a significant role in decision making as decisions are something that can impact others directly or indirectly. Instead of thinking ourselves, we often depend on others to tell us if our decision is right or wrong. We try to take
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Often we might not think of consequences a decision might have. In that scenario, we should always have a backup plan that can be used in case of need. For instance, in the story “Shooting an elephant”, George Orwell had a variety of options to choose from. Either he could not kill the elephant and control the villagers to be calm and continue with their work or come with him and see him shoot the elephant. He chose to go with the second one i.e. to kill the elephant which would make some respect for him in the villagers though under moral pressure. For these type of situations, it is always nice to have one or two plans in case one …show more content…
He might take more ethical or moral decisions if he is well educated and is aware of what is right or wrong. On the contrary, if he has gone to a school where the level of education is low and not much attention is given to the students therefore, he might take decisions selfishly and without considering its effects on others. This might be due to the fact that they were pushed to the wall to fight for their rights in the past. For example, in the story “Growing good corn”, the farmer was experienced and educated. Instead of giving a hard time to his neighbors for their inferior quality of corn, he helped them. He took this decision selflessly; in a way he might have encouraged his neighbors to grow a superior quality corn. He did not consider if his neighbors might stand up against him. Therefore, one can take decisions depending upon how and where he grew up and what his education level is. Depending on all these factors, one might take decisions morally or
Often we might not think of consequences a decision might have. In that scenario, we should always have a backup plan that can be used in case of need. For instance, in the story “Shooting an elephant”, George Orwell had a variety of options to choose from. Either he could not kill the elephant and control the villagers to be calm and continue with their work or come with him and see him shoot the elephant. He chose to go with the second one i.e. to kill the elephant which would make some respect for him in the villagers though under moral pressure. For these type of situations, it is always nice to have one or two plans in case one …show more content…
He might take more ethical or moral decisions if he is well educated and is aware of what is right or wrong. On the contrary, if he has gone to a school where the level of education is low and not much attention is given to the students therefore, he might take decisions selfishly and without considering its effects on others. This might be due to the fact that they were pushed to the wall to fight for their rights in the past. For example, in the story “Growing good corn”, the farmer was experienced and educated. Instead of giving a hard time to his neighbors for their inferior quality of corn, he helped them. He took this decision selflessly; in a way he might have encouraged his neighbors to grow a superior quality corn. He did not consider if his neighbors might stand up against him. Therefore, one can take decisions depending upon how and where he grew up and what his education level is. Depending on all these factors, one might take decisions morally or