The most significant ethical issue in this world is Individual relativism, which is the idea that what is right or wrong morally is what each individual believes is right or wrong. Same-sex marriage, censorship, immigration and stem cell research are issues that the American culture struggle with today. Most of this friction comes between generations, the conservative and liberals, Old school and the Pop culture, and religious and nonbelievers. When voting takes place for these issues the nation is always split on decision. While sitting down and making decisions that will affect lives rather, it brightens the future or not, people look to their moral and religious beliefs to choose for someone else which in many cases are incorrect. To these issues (stem cell research, abortion, same sex marriage, and censorship) being a little open minded in considering someone else's fate can help society, rather than retaining it.
People consider themselves to be correct when it comes to someone else’s fate. This is the definition of descriptive egoism, a person seeking to promote his or her self-interest above all else. For example how can a man make a decision for a teenage girl who is seeking to abort her baby, when he has no knowledge of being a women let alone the role of a mother. That is unfair to the teenage girl.
This man may choose to vote in this selfish manner for a number of reasons Divine command ethics which is God ordain what one ought to do. One ought to do what ever has the most desirable consequence, which is consequentialsim. On the other hand regardless of any consequences one must do one’s moral duty, deontological ethics. Or he may vote one what just seems “right” by vote one what a virtuous person would vote. Lastly, he might just vote on what everyone else is vote and follow universalistic of ethical hedonism and seek the greatest pleasure for the greatest number of people over other things being his morals, religion and descriptive egoism.
To solve the most important ethical issue that we face today in the United States individual relativism which has retained the growth of our country for decades we should all consider research and considering our future and the tomorrow of our next generation and not just going for the “oky doke” or other ethic frameworks. By considering something beyond your fate you can bless someone with the chance to get out of an impossible situation.
