Thethical Cases Of Danielle And Her Roommate Tasha's Ethical Behavior

During the Dropbox Seven assignment, there were three cases that were given to be evaluated. Out of all three cases, the first case with Danielle and her roommate Tasha was the most interesting. For example, Danielle as good intentions, but she performs the wrong actions towards her roommate, Tasha’s problems which Danielle lies to Tasha about her essay by saying that it was good in spite of the fact that it needed a lot of corrections. For the intention of not hurting her roommate’s feelings because of her critizing her roommate’s essay which shows that Danielle is concerned about her roommate’s feelings and how Tasha may think of her despite the fact that her roommate may get a failing grade as a result of her actions. Despite this Danielle, if she was a virtuous person, Danielle would have helped Tasha out with her essay instead of just worrying about upsetting Tasha. To avoid this event, Danielle needs to apply Aristotle ethical theory to her situation which means that, she should act virtuously most of the time instead apply these virtues towards certain situations at any given time. For example, Danielle will need not only help her need to apply the right virtuous action to Tasha’s problem, but also most of the time live a virtuous life and apply ethical principles to her life as well rather than

This means that people should practice the ethical principles within their lives almost all the time except during certain situations. For example, Danielle needs to practice the virtue of honesty. She needs to tell her roommate, Tasha the truth about her essay rather than lying to her. For fear that Tasha will feel bad about her progress. Even though, Danielle’s intention is good and her virtue towards that situation is good, however, Danielle needs to apply also an appropriate action towards her roommate’s