Sandy's lesson of the day...
So we were watching the OC yesterday, well I was, Jon was pretending he hates it but secretly was into it.anyways, Sandy was trying to get some developers to choose his firm to develop a hospital. he was up against another firm that was trying to swing the deal by wining and dining the developers.
So Sandy was faced with a choice. he could try wining and dining and probably get the deal, though compromising his business ethics, or he could hope that his honesty and integrity as a businessman would win the deal.
I, as I often do, spoke to sandy through the screen, saying, 'You cant change a corrupt business just by being nice. live in the real world Sandy.'
At which point Jon made a fundamental point. if we were all a bit more like sandy, making decisions based on our morals, the face of business would change. it just takes a heavily browed maverick to start the change.
So maybe we should all try to make decisions a little more like Sandy (eyebrows optional).
(persons who write this blog are not responsible for the actual outcome of the episode...)
posted by jodes da princess @ 4:28 PM
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for quite a while i wanted sandy to let me live in his beach house,
and tell him how it really is, with a loving arm over the shoulder...
his son is already following in his fathers footsteps
there will be no disbaraging of seth cohen on this blog
i'll have you know that ulititarian priniples have on the whole worked very well for most decisions i make in life.
if i was a strict act utilitarian, i could justify lying in a given situation if it bought happiness to the greatest number. but as a rule utilitarian, as a general rule, i can say that lying does not bring happiness to the greatest number at the end of the day[including myself] therefore lying is wrong.
for me personally, i tend to base some [ not all] of my everyday decisions on what is best for the greatest number/ people around me who i percieve to be affected by my decision making. i am often criticised for this- i should do what I want to do, i worry about what other people think too much, i'm really just hiding my true feelings etc.
i agree with this partly, but what makes me me is this aspect of my decision making- my concern with other people's happiness. i love seeing other people be happy and try and help them if i can. i kind of see it as a form of ulititarian decision making, but maybe you disagree.
i recognise that in some of my decisions, this has been a poor way of making a decision, and it relies on my perception of how others feel, which is not always accurate.plus I can't make all people happy all the time.
i hope i am becoming better at making strong decisions.
but i have come to an interim decision that to abandon this altogether would go against my character. but I do think about if is this a morally justifiable way of living? and am i just a wuss/bad christian decison maker?
i'd like to know how other people feel they make decisions. its probably a lot more justifiable [and biblical] than me!!!!and also about the whole prayer thing, which i am still considering
I am probably more in line with Kant's deontological position than the utilitarian. It's all about the higher ethical code.
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