Very interesting thread!
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Originally Posted by bluedragon;368058[B Corporate environment[/B]
Would you work in a job where you would be required to lie from time to time?
Would you work for a pharmaceutical company knowing that ONE of their products actually had more negative effects, and the management knew it? If not, what exactly would you do? Would you quit right away, regardless of the effect of this decision on your career and life?
Would you work for a company that tortures animals somewhere along the production chain?
If in a job you loved, you were given ONE assignment that required you to harm or deceive someone, in any way, would you do it? Or would you refuse, even if that would get you fired? |
I would have a very difficult time with all of the above. Definitely a no to all.
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Politics
Would you ever do something you considered wrong, because you believed that the positive effects would outweigh the damage? Would you condone lying, incarceration of innocent people, torture, killings, if you were absolutely convinced that from a rational, political point of view, your actions would be absolutely necessary for the greater good?
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Likewise, I simply could not condone any of the above, even if the supposed benefits out-weighed the supposed deleterious effects in the future. As far as I am concerned, for me to condone something it would have to be something with which I could partake in
personally. Thus, I simply could not tell someone to torture a prisoner when I couldn't do it myself.
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War
Would you accept to be a soldier if your country attacked another? How about if it was under attack? Would you kill enemy soldiers who you knew were just following orders? If not, would you just let yourself be killed or sentenced to jail for that, with no hesitation?
What would you do as a political leader? Would you condone war for any reasons? If not, what would you do?
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Although I have never served, I would have no problem enlisting (or being drafted) into a war in which my country was attacked. I think that on moral grounds I would be opposed to a war in which my state attacked another, however if I was enlisted at the time, I would still obey my orders. As far as killing enemy soldiers is concerned, I certainly wouldn't like it but I wouldn't just stand there and take a bullet. I think that in this situation, I would be fighting for the guys standing shoulder to shoulder with me.
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Personal life
How would you feel about paying your taxes if there were some policies that you didn't agree with? How is integrity compatible with supporting a government that (among many positive things), also condones some negative ones, such as a war in some part of the globe? This applies only if you are in fact totally opposed to war.
What if some sort of authority wrongfully denied you your freedom, in a way you would consider truly wrong? Would you allow someone else to keep you captive and lead you around, or would you be ready to fight against anyone who imposes domination and torture upon you? What if your actual captors were just following orders from superiors?
If someone you cared about was in this situation, would you try (and risk) anything in order to save them? |
Absolutely (to both).