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Moreover, signs of prejudice are all around us today. Extreme factions still rally around
bigoted demagogues; the number of "hate crimes" is increasing alarmingly; and the cultural
gap between white Americans and African-Americans seems to be widening as the level of
mutual distrust heightens. Besides, what appears to be respect for one another's differences
may in fact be an increasing global homogeneity--that is, we are becoming more and more
alike. In short, on a societal level an apparent decline of prejudice is actually legislated morality
and increasing homogeneity. Accordingly, I find the speaker's threshold assertion--that no
amount of information can eliminate prejudice-- compelling indeed.
The second issue that the statement raises is whether prejudice is learned or instinctive. If it
were learned, then it would seem that by obtaining certain information, or by purging one's
mind of certain dis-information, one could learn to not be prejudiced. Despite popular notions
that this is possible, I have my doubts because these are age-old theories but we see little
evidence that prejudice is on the wane. Thus it seems that the root of prejudice lies more in an
instinctive, almost primal, sense of fear than in the sort of distrust that is learned and can
therefore be "unlearned." Accordingly, I also find the speaker's second assertion--that
prejudice is rooted in emotion---compelling as well.
In sum, despite a deluge of information debunking our false notions about people who are
different than us, as a society it appears we have not reversed our inclination toward prejudice.
Therefore, I find convincing the speaker's claim that prejudice is rooted in the sort of emotion
that reason cannot override.
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Issue 66
"The only responsibility of corporate executives, provided they stay within the law, is to make
as much money as possible for their companies."
Should the only responsibility of a business executive be to maximize business profits, within
the bounds of the law? In several respects this position has considerable merit; yet it ignores
certain compelling arguments for imposing on businesses additional obligations to the society
in which they operate.
On the one hand are two convincing arguments that profit maximization within the bounds of
the law should be a business executive's sole responsibility. First, imposing on businesses
additional duties to the society in which they operate can, paradoxically, harm that society.
Compliance with higher ethical standards than the law requires--m such areas as
environmental impact and workplace conditions--adds to business expenses and lowers
immediate profits. In turn, lower profits can prevent the socially conscious business from
creating more jobs, and from keeping its prices low and the quality of its products and services
high. Thus ifbusinesses go further than their legal duties in serving their communities the end
result might be a net disservice to those communities.
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