The COVID-19 pandemic that was spread rapidly around the world gives a severe impact in people’s lives. About millions of life ends, the economy of every country was pulled down and the educational system is also affected in the whole country, leading to the near total closure of schools, universities and colleges. The Department of Health conducts a lot of precaution control and safety measures to ensure the safety of everyone such as social distancing and cover coughs and sneezes with elbow or tissue. Almost all work has stopped; so many people are now suffering in hunger. This pandemic leads depression on a person because there is a little economic activity and they do not have jobs to earn money for their family. But of course, it can also lead a serious medical condition because of the danger that was brought by this pandemic.

The pandemic also caused serious issues in our society that leads people to think carefully on every decision or action that they are going to make; either the result of this is good or bad. There are some forms of ethical theories that we can apply in making a decision in our situation now a days. The deontology, states that people should adhere to their obligations and duties when engaged in decision making when ethics are in play. This means that a person will follow his or her obligations to another individual or society because upholding one’s duty is what is considered ethically correct.

For instance, you will always keep a distance to your friend or other people because you are following the safety measures to prevent the circulating of the virus. The other form is the utilitarianism; the utilitarian ethical theories are based on one’s ability to predict the consequences of an action. To a utilitarian, the choice that yields the greatest benefit to the most people is the one that is ethically correct. But, there are two types of utilitarianism, act utilitarianism and rule utilitarianism.

The act utilitarianism subscribes precisely to the definition of utilitarianism where a person performs the acts that benefit the most people, regardless of personal feelings or the societal constraints such as laws.

Rule utilitarianism takes into account the law and is concerned with fairness. A rule utilitarian seeks to benefit the most people but through the fairest and just means available. For example, in this pandemic, students use their voices to seek for the Mass Promotion or No to Online Classes �for the fairness because not all students have a stable internet connection and gadgets without violating any laws.

Ethical theories provide part of the decision-making foundation for decision making when ethics are in play because these theories represent the viewpoints from which individuals seek guidance as they make decisions. Remember that it is important for us to realize that not everyone makes decisions in the same way, using the same information, and employing the same decision rules. According to Bulaong, Jr., et al, ethics deals with matters such as the good thing that we should pursue and the bad thing that we should avoid. So, in making decisions or actions, always remember what will be the result or possible consequences.