Ethics Assignment: Does This Milkshake Taste Funny? Identification of Dilemma: George is a young family oriented guy who has recently came back from his first year of college as a mechanical engineer. George is planning to marry his girlfriend Cathy and start their life together. In order to do this George has to find a good job to save for their future. He finds the perfect night job, with great pay, and a fun environment. The Job he found was at Eastern Dairy which is a unionized manufacturing company. Working there George discovers that there is no supervision for his crew, everyone just has to do their own job and get out of work on time. Everything seems be working out perfect until George has to face an ethical dilemma that could …show more content…
In modern times the answer to almost anything can be found on the internet. Students sign academic honesty forms against plagiarism, which is the use of another person’s work submitted by an individual. Plagiarism not only is bad because students didn’t do their own assignments so they don’t learn as much as they should but it’s also unethical to get credit for someone else’s work. A lot of students will not plagiarize because it’s against their morals, others will ignore the fact that doing it is unethical and will do it for their own convenience of finishing an assignment with minimum work for …show more content…
Utilitarianism is known as the ethical position in which people choose to take the decision that makes everyone happy. “Evaluation of Ethical Dilemma” I believe that although George knows that the best and most ethical thing to do would be to tell Paul that he will not take out the filters. The ethical thing to do would be to stop production until the managers from the morning shift show up to inform them of the issue. Saying nothing about the maggots in the milkshake mix is not only revolting but it could also make someone really sick. If a customer becomes sick due to the ingestion of the maggots, then company would lose more money than only the 500 gallons of milkshake mix. Instead I believe that George will take the Self-Interest decision and do as Paul said. George will stop thinking of the poor people drinking milkshakes with maggots but he will think of keeping his job and being able to have a good playing job, with no management supervision, and a fun environment. Although George will be benefited by having money for his future with Cathy and it will also give him the benefit of getting along with the crew and have
George’s attitude changes from the admirable young man that didn’t have everything but grew up with caring parents to a deviance selfish millionaire. The film shows parts of how criminal behavior can be influenced by George Jung, he wants to use his deviant mind to get rich fast and does not really have to lift a finger. George has made his connections to have the trust of others and to persuade them to go with just him. He does provide an honest verbal communication between his people. George went from dealing small quantities of marijuana to individuals to where he is distributing planes full of 100% pure cocaine to high
As we journey through life, we must make difficult decisions, even when few options exist and the situation is grim. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, the decision George faces after Lennie accidentally kills Curley’s wife is complicated, as none of his choices are good. The importance of his relationship with Lennie forces George to look at the big picture and act in Lennie’s best interests, even though the action he must finally take will result in a weight that he will carry forever.
The physical symbiosis of George and Lennie is beneficial to Lennie but detrimental to George. Although George used to hurt Lennie, Lennie now needs George to bail him out of trouble. Lennie also profits because he needs a person to tell him what to do. “He can’t think of nothing to do himself, but he sure can take orders” (39). Lennie is “a hell of a good worker”(22) and able to “put up a four-hundred pound bale” (22) but is likely to get himself in trouble without George’s protective influence. George likes Lennie but would be better off without him because “you (Lennie) can’t keep a job and you lose me ever’ job I get” (11). Lennie hinders George while George helps Lennie.
One thing George does that good friends do is that no matter what George always defended Lennie. While Lennie and George were in Weed Lennie was touching a girl's dress and was accused of raping her. George took Lennie and ran away far enough ,so Lennie wouldn’t be beaten or killed. George also tells Lennie to defend himself against Curley while Curley was beating Lennie. If George wouldn’t of said anything Lennie would have never defended himself. George is always on Lennie’s side, like when George told Lennie he didn’t do anything wrong when he beat up Curley. George is constantly saying that Lennie is a hella of a worker ,so Lennie can get a job as well in the ranch. George is always trying to make Lennie feel better.
George’s situation is one that is undoubtedly complex. We have an agent who accepts a general principle and yet doesn’t act on it. George’s case doesn’t fit neatly with any of Kant’s examples from his discussion of “from duty” in the Groundwork, yet there may be just enough information provided to form some arguments and conclusions that both support and oppose the idea that George’s actions have moral worth. Before further contemplating George’s story it would be helpful to first provide an account of moral worth as it is according to Kant.
In 'Of Mice and Men' by John Steinbeck George is seen as one of the main protagonists of the novella. He is portrayed as a very selfless and noble character as he takes care of Lennie and defends him from the more malicious characters, such as Curley and his wife. George represtents the lack of opportunity for workers in 1930s Amercia as he is forced to travel around constantly and make little money for his work to survive from month to month.
Utilitarianism is based on choices that bring upon happiness. Utilitarianism is the type of moral reasoning that plans out an outcome where the majority of the people are happy. Many of us use this type of moral reasoning frequently in our daily decisions. When asked to
Utilitarianism provides a method for calculating the moral worth of specific actions in terms of their consequences. Utilitarianism teaches that happiness comprises the fundamental purpose and pursuit of human life. Therefore, the value and worth of any given action should be evaluated in terms of its ability to produce happiness. The utilitarian defines happiness as pleasure and the absence of pain, and teaches that in all cases individuals should act in such a way as to achieve the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest amount of people. Utilitarianism...
“Utilitarianism is the creed which accepts as the foundations of morals utility of the greatest happiness principle holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.” (Mil, 90). Utilitarianism ethics is based on the greatest good for the greatest number meaning that the moral agent does what he/she thinks will be
During the story Of Mice and Men, George once said, “he aint no cookoo. He’s dumb as hell, but he aint crazy” (Steinbeck39). George was sticking up for Lennie. Then later on in the story, George and Lennie’s boss once told George “I have never seen one guy take so much trouble for one another” (Steinbeck22). Proving George takes care of what he is responsible for. During the story, Lennie often tends to get himself into trouble, but George never got mad. He accepted the fact that it happened and gave up whatever he had to enable to keep Lennie safe. Not to mention, George also stood up for Lennie by saying “poor bastard didn’t know what he was doing” (Steinbeck98). At this point in the story, Lennie killed his bosses’ sons’ wife. Lennie then ran to the river like George him to do earlier in the story. The boss and his son went looking for Lennie. But before they could find him, George got to him, but since Lennie was George’s responsibility, George took it to himself to solve the problem by killing Lennie before the boss and his son could do it themselves. George and Lennie are responsible for one another, not to mention all the sacrifice, both George and Lennie make for one
According to (Moore & Parker, 2009, p. 441) Utilitarianism is the view that says “if an act will produce more happiness than will alternatives, it is the right thing to do, and if it will produce less happiness, it would be wrong to do it in place of an alternative that would produce more happiness”.
George is pretty much in charge of Lennie and is the brains of the operation. He thinks very big of himself and thinks he's got the rest of his life planned out. He wants to own a farm someday with Lennie. He really likes to cuss and get drunk on Friday night. He always says to Lennie "If you weren't around I would have a job by now," but he really cares about him. At the end George puts Lennie out of his misery and shoots him. He said "it was the hardest thing I've ever had to do in my life."
George’s relationship with Lennie has made him selfless; his conversations, with and with out Lennie, are generally revolving around Lennie, although in the case of their dream-ranch George seems to find fulfilment for himself as well. Due to these altruistic tendencies that he shows throughout the novel, a danger is bestowed upon George; he tends to care for Lennie far too much, and too little for himself. In occasional moments, he escapes his sympathy and compassion for Lennie, and realises the burden that he causes. This usually results in George taking his frustration out on Lennie, which can often harm his simple mind, leaving Lennie upset and forced to confess to his own uselessness, and George feeling guilty for what he has caused. We can learn very little about George through his actual conversations, which made it necessary for Steinbeck to focus the novel on him in particular, and let the reader gain an closer insight on him through his actions. Generally, he seems to be caring, intelligent and sensible, but is greatly worn by the constant attention Lennie requires. This illustrates a major theme in Of Mice and Men, the dangers that arise when one becomes involved in a dedicated relationship.
Utilitarianism is a movement in ethics which began in the late eighteenth centaury and is primarily associated with the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham and was later adapted and fully developed by John Stuart Mill in the ninetieth century. . The theory states that we should try to achieve ‘the greatest good for the greatest number’. Utilitarianism is a teleological theory of ethics. Teleological theories of ethics look at the consequences to decide whether an action is right or wrong. Utilitarianism is defined as a doctrine that the useful is the good and that the determining consideration of right conduct should be the usefulness of it consequences: specifically: a theory that the aim of action should be the largest possible
Utilitarianism can be defined as: the right action is the one that produces the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people. Utilitarians seem to believe that humans only have two desires, or motivations: happiness and pain. They want as much happiness as possible and the least amount of pain as any other action. Utilitarianism is a consequentialist theory, meaning that whether it is right, depends solely on its consequences.