The Morality of Profit

Is A Market Considered Moral if its Product is Simply A Tube of Lipstick?

Posted in General by on Jun 3, 2010. 0 Comments

“Is a market considered moral if its product is simply a tube of lipstick? Perhaps, but protests do arise when companies such as Neocutis harvest fetal cell lines from aborted babies for its trademarked ingredient, Processed Skin Cell Proteins (Richardson, Valerie). Is it rational to consider this immoral? Our world is more globalized now than it ever was. Individuals separated by oceans are connected through the internet, phone, and mailing industries. Opportunities for profit arise and temptation influences our thought patterns. Right and wrong, evil and good are colliding within our markets and morals. Virtually every decision any country or company makes will have an effect elsewhere. Because of this, there will always be a debate over moral values, decisions, and markets in our pursuit of profit. I will, therefore, discuss the morality of markets and profit, the importance of encouraging profit in a society, the relationship greed has with profit, and the core ethical responsibilities as we seek profit.”

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