In every ethical problems we encountered there’s always two options; it’s either we choose to resolves the situation by an acceptable manner/social norms or we tend to choose doing the wrong thing but follows our moral standard. Considering that moral standard as a subjective form which implies that we take action differently in a situation hence it might right (not) to you or to others.
As we discussed the issue of “hostage-taking incident in Greenhills mall of San Juan”, I conclude that we had the same reactions/answers. Yes, we admire the bravery of a 40 year-old man Archie Paray (a former security guard) by spoken-up his grievance against his former employers. Not all people can voice out especially when we fight against higher than us. It was really indeed inspiring but not in a way of hostage-taking. We know that Mr. Paray want to convey his feelings by doing the hostage-taking thing but in ethically stated, it was wrong to do such hostage-taking thing even his intention is not to harm anybody but to speak up. But also, Mr. Paray is also a victim of unacceptable treatment of his employer, therefore we can’t blame him on what he did. But in every option that we chose to do, there will always be a corresponding consequences we might face; it might good/bad, we should still accept it because that’s the path we chose to do but also, take it as a life-lesson.
In conclusion, we can’t blame a person based on the society standard or what society tells what is right because every action or people did, there’s always a story behind it. Therefore, we should be rational before giving judgements.
In terms of other ethical problems, I have circle of friends which we’re able to discussed things that we don’t actually tell to anybody. Actually, they are all rational when it comes to taking actions and making decisions. My friend who are the kindest one, when his dad were in hospital, there are a lot of fees to be paid off. He ended-up thinking that maybe he can help by doing the wrong thing but can able to sustain expenses of hospital bills. But hopefully, he didn’t. I realized that no matter how good and rational you are, when the situation came in, you aren’t able to think rational when the things go wrong. You didn’t expect that he/she ended-up thinking wrong doings even he’s the kindest one.
In my conclusion, no matter how kindest and good you are, the pressure/struggles in life never go away. When we are in the hectic situation, sometimes we ended-up saying that “I can do it,” but as a matter of fact, before we escape to those problems we might ended-up thinking, “what should I do?”, “Is my doings acceptable?”, “I should do bad things in order to help?”, “Why I ended-up thinking the wrong way?”, these questions are typical when we encounter problems. Life will taught us that you can’t control all the situation you are in.