Business Ethics: Journal Analysis
Journal Entry #3 Today we discussed issues concerning ethics such as egoism/altruism and applied ethics such as the pros/cons of abortion and euthanasia. First, the professor got the class to analyze 3 real life situations and asked students to determine whether they were considered acts of altruism or egoism. The first example were the job duties of firefighters. Some students said firefighters help others unconditionally and put their lives at risk everyday and is therefore considered to be an altruistic career. Others disagreed and said that a firefighter job duty is not considered an act of altruism because their motivation for helping the community is the pay and the honor they receive. I believe for an act to be considered altruistic