Ethics

Title: Ethics
Category: Literature / English | Words: 1157 | Pages: 4.9 (approximately 235 words/page)

Ethics

In thinking about a relationship with a married person we will consider two fairly similar modes of thought. First we will examine the utilitarian ethics of Mill, then Rand’s individualist ethics. Essentially our question is this, I am single, and I’ve met someone who is married that I want to have a romantic relationship with. The moral issue here is not uncertain. Clearly in our society the institution of marriage carries with it …showed first 75 words of 1157 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1157 total…of free will to act according to what suits her best. If she were to be dependant on her current husband then her husband would be dependent on her, developing a parasitic chain that would ultimately lead to me. The moral person, in summary, on Rand's account, is someone who acts and is committed to acting in his best self-interest. It is by living the morality of self-interest that one survives, flourishes, and achieves happiness.

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