2010-09-15, 06:51 PM
The second situation is far easier to approach ethically than the first one.
Something about your last paragraph struck me. Notice the word replacements:
Anyway, I'm sure, no doubt, you've been across this
You can go much deeper. Gaming addiction is not an ethical dilemma. It's a noun. An ethical dilemma is an action taken upon the noun. So...
"Profiteering on addiction" is an ethical issue. Gaming addiction is not.
The basics of an ethical dilemma is that it's heavily dependent on time, place, and situation. Notice that in all three of your examples, those things were given. But you need to expand more. For example, in your first situation, sure it might be wrong in that instance (stealing out of convenience, not out of need), but the "Poor beggar steals in need" dilemma has a wide variety of situations.
I think you're being too narrow here about a topic.
Something about your last paragraph struck me. Notice the word replacements:
Quote:Currently my main idea is alcohol addiction, and how companies are making profit off of people. Is it wrong of them to do so? Are the drinkers the ones to blame? If we took the alcohol away, how would that effect people as some use it for stress reflief.
Quote:Currently my main idea is gambling addiction, and how companies are making profit off of people. Is it wrong of them to do so? Are the gamblers the ones to blame? If we took the casinos & online poker away, how would that effect people as some use it for stress reflief.
Anyway, I'm sure, no doubt, you've been across this
You can go much deeper. Gaming addiction is not an ethical dilemma. It's a noun. An ethical dilemma is an action taken upon the noun. So...
"Profiteering on addiction" is an ethical issue. Gaming addiction is not.
The basics of an ethical dilemma is that it's heavily dependent on time, place, and situation. Notice that in all three of your examples, those things were given. But you need to expand more. For example, in your first situation, sure it might be wrong in that instance (stealing out of convenience, not out of need), but the "Poor beggar steals in need" dilemma has a wide variety of situations.
I think you're being too narrow here about a topic.