Ethical Relativism In College Campuses

Academic advantage coincides with taking drugs like Ritalin and Adderall, to improve and sustain academic performance. This moral issue has been largely discovered among college and high school campuses. The conflict that arises is that students without a diagnosis of ADD or ADHD are taking the drugs. They are prescribed drugs as opposed to over-the-counter; meaning a prescription from a physician is needed. The moral complication is from students demanding academic achievement due to external and internal pressures. Taking or administering prescribed medications that are not in one’s possession is reckoned as illegal. Many students express that using these two drugs is not an act of cheating, but instead utilizing their resources. Academic

Ethical Relativism – Ethical Relativism means there is no one moral claim that is true for all people, all of the time (Boss 5). In other words, individuals can turn to reason or logic to ground moral intuitions. Ethical relativism is individualized on the basis of morality (5). An ethical relativist believes that people create reality, which pertains to individual and subjective ethical relativism (4). On the other hand, social and cultural relativism focuses on the morality that is relative to the norms of an entire culture (4). Cultural relativism claims that morality merely depends on the societal norms within a culture (4). It is the individual’s choice to establish a perspective towards the drugs in order to expand academics. The truth is relative within this concept, so if student believe that the medications are available and meant to be used, then that right cannot be stripped. According to ethical relativism, a student choosing the medications is indeterminate because it depends on each individual and whether they feel it is a right or wrong

Ethical Egoism, Libertarianism – The theory of Ethical Egoism concentrates on morality and how it pertains to a person’s own self-interests (19). It demonstrates how things ‘ought’ to be as opposed to what they actually are (20). Libertarianism opposes political and social restraints to an individual’s freedom and emphasizes free will (36). High concentration and mental endurance leads to good grades. It may not be in the best interest from a physical health standpoint. Taking these medications without an attention deficit diagnosis can have detrimental effects. This is an example of how ethical egoism does not guarantee that self-interest will not come into conflict. The issue encountered is that not all people choose what is best for them, but instead what they think is best for them. Libertarians practice free will meaning students have the right to choose and can exercise what pursuits their notion of good. The action would be indeterminate as it depends on the person’s perception of what is good according to their