DANGERS OF MAJORITY RULES AND ETHICAL SITUATIONS

Dangers of Majority Rules and Ethical Situations



Dangers of Majority Rules and Ethical Situations

Majority Rules and Ethical Situations

Many times the people that make up the majority do not know what is ethical or not. The decision could be based peer pressure or other factors and may very well influence what the "majority" decides. A constitution - at least, a good one - has several goals, but one of the most important is this: to ensure that individual rights can't be ignored because the majority wants them to be. Unfortunately, no constitution is perfect, and they ...