In “Thinking Ethically”” from the Markkula Center of Applied Ethics, I found that there can be multiple strategies to solving ethical problems. When I am combatted with ethical decisions coming up within the next election. This article made me think about different approaches on how to think about the pressing issues facing our country. I think that the majority of people want the best for everyone; the common good. The common good was one of the strategies mentioned, in that society as a whole should decide what kind of place we want to be and how we get there. I think the other strategies try to accomplish the common good approach. I think the utilitarian and rights approach describe our current voters landscape and thought process. Utilitarian describes how we see what would cause the least harm and the largest benefit and we go with that decision regardless. Rights originated from Kant and says that the rights should be up to the individual values. Like privacy, truth and information, etc. With our country’s emphasis on individual rights, I think this is how we go about our problems but also why there is often stalemates in policy. But, moving towards a better fairness or justice approach, in which our country is built on, will be the best for everyone in my opinion.

Sources:
Santa Clara University. (n.d.). Thinking ethically. Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. https://www.scu.edu/ethics/ethics-resources/ethical-decision-making/thinking-ethically/