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A 3 page essay that discusses a recent editorial by Nomi Prins, which concerns the fact that neither of the presidential candidates was addressing the topic of corporate corruption. The crux of Prins' argument is there seems to be a disconnect between the ethical perspective of nation's leaders and that of the majority of American citizens. The writer goes on to outline a personal moral perspective in relation to the news that Prins reports. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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the fact that neither of the presidential candidates were addressing the topic of corporate corruption. The crux of Prins argument is there seems to be a disconnect between the ethical
perspective of nations leaders and that of the majority of American citizens. This writer/tutor agrees due to the substance of my own moral value system. On a personal level,
my value system follows--more or less--the precepts of "act" utilitarianism, modified with a touch of Aristotelian virtue ethics. As outlined by Pojman (1998), "rule" utilitarianism modifies the classic utilitarianism of
John Stuart Mill (Honderich, 1995). This ethical system judges the "rightness" of an action as dependent on its consequences, as does classic utilitarianism, but also stipulates that the indirect consequences
of an action must be in accord with a set of rules, which--by being accepted and followed--would result in consequences as positive and good as those resulting from following any
other set of rules (Pojman, 1998). This addendum to utilitarianism prevents the rationalization that the "ends justify the means." For example, the "good" consequence of furthering medical knowledge cannot justify
actions such unauthorized testing on human subjects because this will ultimately undermine the rights of everyone and damage the fabric of the social order. In his editorial, Prins castigates
the candidates for failing to mention Enron or any of the other corporate scandals that have rocked the country, including the huge involvement of Vice-President Dick Cheney with Halliburten, which
was not mentioned in the campaign until the vice-presidential debate and then casually dismissed by Cheney as "old new" (Prins, 2004). According to Prins, Cheney still owns more than 433,000
options of Halliburton stock, yet considered accusations that this influenced the 800 percent increase of government contracts since his election as foolish (2004). As this suggests, Prins argues that conflict
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