Tiger Woods
...l point of view, “…the comparative balance of good produced, or rather to the comparative balance of good over evil produced,” you can take many different paths (Frankena, p.14). These paths include Ethical Egoism and Utilitarianism. Ethical Egoism is the amount of good one will benefit to himself by doing something ethical. Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that all actions should be directed toward achieving the greatest good for the greatest number of people. The teleological view that applies to Wood’s decision the best is Ethical Egoism. Woods took his situation and decided to stick with what would benefit him the most. By doing this he chose to not get involved in the Augusta National Golf Club situation and instead decided to keep his focus on his own foundation. On top of everything he was not even a member of the Augusta National Golf Club so didn’t really even apply to him. Under Ethical Egoism, he did the right thing by ignoring the situation and keeping his main focus on his foundation. If we were to look at this situation from a Act Utilitarianism point of view we would come to the conclusion that Tiger Woods should have backed the women up and used his celebrity status to help them out. The reason I say this is because Act Utilitarianism is asking oneself what one’s act in a certain situation will have on the general balance of good over evil. By speaking out against the club, this would produce more good than evil. The women will no longer be discriminated against and be able to become members. It also would set an example on stopping discrimination period. Even though this is just helping women out, it still shows that discrimination can be stopped. The club would also make more money because it would have more members now that women would be aloud in. Tiger Woods stated, “I don’t think it should be the responsibility of celebrities, or sports figures, to have to be the champion of all causes.” In other words, Woods was stating that he does not believe that celebrities should place a role in everything that is going on. Deontology would have asked where was Tiger’s highest duty (from a moral point of view). ...