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Did Alexis Do Anything Wrong Essay

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1. Did Alexis do anything wrong?
Yes, Alexis did something wrong when she used the internet (PC) of private college that she is not belong to it “without paying”. In other words she stole and violated property rights of the private college internet access.
Also, she lied to the librarian when she told him that she is a student of this collage which is non ethical attitude
2. Who benefited from Alexis's course of action? For sure Alexis benefited from her action and her family too, since she got her scholarship.

3. Who was hurt by Alexis's course of action?

- She harms the private college because it serves a student (Alexis) without taking money as other students.
- Also, it affects the college students because it is not fair for them who are paying for their college in order to be able to get internet service as well as studying. Also, Alexis might take the place of other college students who might wait for using the PC’s of their college.

4. Did Alexis have an unfair advantage over her high school classmates?
Yes, because her classmates, mainly who have the same situation “poorness ”, will not have the same opportunity to achieve what she can achieve, and get a …show more content…

And this happened as a result of many reasons such as, the different situations of different people (ex. richness and poorness). Another reason is each society has its own rules of conduct (morality) so we cannot decide rather than people what is the right thing to do. So, it supports ethical relativism. For example, slavery was commonly accepted by the majority in certain societies, then some would say that slavery was ethically OK where it was the cultural habit (norm).But on the other hand, lots societies believe that slavery is ethically wrong. Moreover, an action can be wrong in some situation but totally right in others. For example, lying is generally wrong, but lying to make up between people is

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