Bernard Madoff is a utilitarian because he believed that he could help people gain more money. He promised to his investors that their money would grow and grow. People made 18% back on their money and Madoff only made 10%. Madoff investor made back more of their money than they had invested but that was only for those pulled their money back out. …show more content…
Eddie Antar is an egoist because he was skimming money from a store called Crazy Eddie’s.
He would take one for every five dollars that was earned. The money that was skimmed was placed into offshore bank accounts. He was taking money from cash sales avoid claiming it on taxes. Antar would falsely use inventory information by putting off used goods and new goods. Antar used his family member as a auditor so he would be able to falsify their inventory. He would fake insurance claims on damaged goods so he could get insurance money from those goods. He was only hiring family members to help skim money from the company. He cashed out the stock for the company before it crashed. When he sold his company, he scammed the new owners. The new owner quickly found out about the false inventory. Antar fled the country and left Sammy, the spy auditor, for the
blame.
Eddie Antar utilitarian because he was able to provided many jobs. There were 39 different super stores; he might have hired family but they had jobs. He helped to put his nephew Sammy through college so he could he a job an auditory. He sold his electronics at a very cheap price that no other store could beat.
Madoff and Antar were very similar. They both want to rip off people to make they life better. They done it in very different ways. While Madoff did not leave his family left to blame, Antar left his nephew behind to take the blame. They both were only thinking of themselves. It made them both egoist. They both used their skills to help out in some ways. Madoff helped some people earn more money back than they had invested. Antar sold cheap products and employed his family. He was able to create jobs. He also put his nephew their school. These traits showed them as a utilitarians.