Following Orders Is Acting Ethically Wrong

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In this life, some people do not have the option of miss-executing the orders given to them. Some people have habits that make them feel bad when they do something wrong, but many people feel good even though they are doing something wrong. Mostly, most people follow habits and traditions, sometimes they are wrong, yet they work with them and do not care about the consequences. However, many studies have shown that these values are affected and developed beyond childhood. People make ethical decision by flowing beliefs their ethics even though they put them at difficult situation. Some people believe that they should not help other even though they are in risk. People have different reaction when they see other in rick, some people might help …show more content…

This time, there were plenty of people on the platform, most notably R. Umar Abbasi, a photographer who took some horrifying pictures as the subway train closed in on Han” (Nocera). When people see other in Danger, they became not sure how to act so they decide to be bystander. People used to follow the orders which is given to them even though it might cause harm to others. Sometime, when people comply with the orders, it causes harm to other as consequence. Then people who decide to follow the orders accuse who told the instructions them the orders for this consequence. According to this article “Mailgrams Experiment on Obedience to Authority” written by Gregorio Billikopf, “Obeyed but justified themselves. Some obedient participants gave up responsibility for their actions, blaming the experimenter. If anything had happened to the learner, they reasoned, it would have been the experimenters fault. Others had transferred the blame to the learner: "He was so stupid and stubborn he deserved to be shocked”

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