To determine the moral thing to do will depend on many factors. The society will dictate its moral values and the occasion. The action to be taken by a person depends on the occasion and the societal moral values. The age of a person, gender, and the expected responsibility are the things that determine the actions. One has to consider taking an action that will promote societal acceptance. The action should maintain self-respect of an individual in the society. When a person takes an action that keeps the moral values of his or society, there is an increase in the feeling of self-worth. The action on any occasion or situation should be of benefit and good to other members of your society. One may consider consulting the elders …show more content…
It would be equally wrong from a moral situation to kill anyone. The trolley driver is affected by the deontologist theory. There is no moral reason for the deontologist to choose between the car and the bus because both are impermissible. However, there is no avoidance alternative for the deontologist to choose one option. The virtue ethics dictates the actions that should be taken to be ethically just. The theories of utilitarianism, deontology, ethical intuitionism and the virtue ethics advocate for the actions of an individual to be acceptable in the societal setting. The theories agree in the actions they advocate for to be right or wrong in the society. There is no point where the theories are in argument about the right or wrong actions an individual may take depending on the situation. No actions that may abuse the natural resources are considered morally upright by the traditional utilitarianism, deontology, intuitionism and the virtue ethics. It is through the traditional utilitarianism that one can have the moral values to observe the ecological ethics (Weinstein, 2007). The trolley driver situation can influence the decision made to take one of the options. There are several examples of the environmental situations that affect the decision of humans such as the deontologist situation of choosing between the bus and the car. The deontologist could not kill the homeless man or the …show more content…
The society will dictate its moral values and the occasion. The action to be taken by a person depends on the occasion and the societal moral values. The age of a person, gender, and the expected responsibility are the things that determine the actions. One has to consider taking an action that will promote societal acceptance. The action should maintain self-respect of an individual in the society. When a person takes an action that keeps the moral values of his or society, there is an increase in the feeling of self-worth. The action on any occasion or situation should be of benefit and good to other members of your society. One may consider consulting the elders in a case of self-doubt in the moral actions to take in a particular situation. You can take an action that violates the moral values of your society to save a situation. In the case of saving a situation, the consequences of an action by an individual are assumable. The assumption is easy when the action is of benefit to the