Ethics

ich muss das unbedingt aufschreiben, um den prozess des niedergangs aufzuhalten

I do ethics in this semester. Quite sleepy to discuss morality issues at 8 o'clock in the morning interesting in regard of general development, but totally unpractical.

Today we went through a case of laying off the staff. Firing of 400 people, is it ethical to carry out? We had to respond to this question by paying attention to ethical criteria of reciprocity, universalization (impartiality), human rights.

Then the example was extended. The company has received an offer to deliver equipment, which might be used to produce nuclear weapons to some countries Ahoj, Ahmedinedzhad!. Instead of this they could get a big amount of money and hadn't to lay people off.

Frankly speaking, I am a bit cautious to theoretical solutions of problems. Because you never know what people in a particular situation would do. You can barely know yourself. All moral programms that were installed in you before may be easily broken down facing fear. Or greed. Back to my term paper: Who is guided by human love and moral principles while building a nuclear reactor plant? The waste of it could easily worsen the genes of the suburb population for generations. Was the Soviet government ethical to conduct atomic experiments almost in all parts of Kazakstan? It is by the way one of the most radiation polluted countries worldwide.

I continue realising that I am becoming very down to the earth.Sorry, Mam and Dad I really believe that most things are done only in terms of economical rationality. Or better speaking, because of maximizing personal utilities. That is demonic, but justifiable in this society. There is no fairness and universal law of common sense. Geld und Gier regiert die Welt.