Morals and Ethics

After watching the Marcus Dupree documentary, in order to establish if someone was morally and ethically good, I looked mainly at what they did to better themselves in this situation. Someone who had their own interest at hand and played that so that they can better themselves came off as someone who was not morally right. This does not necessarily mean that they are ethically bad though, because there are times when morals and ethics do not line up. Even though Barry Switzer put his own interest first, he was a coach that wanted to win, so his actions weren't necessarily unethical. For Uncle Curlee though, I thought that he was unethical because he took advantage of his nephew. In that situation, he should have been there for him the entire time, but he kinda took advantage of Marcus when he needed someone to guide him. I think that the normal “rules” don’t apply when it comes to family. Family must be morally and ethically stable for others in their family. Curlee started off by not being morally right, and when you look at his actions from really any standing point, his came off as selfish and a bad man. I think that for the USFL, it is harder whether to say that they were morally and ethically okay because for one, we didn’t get to see a lot from them, but also because their interest was recruiting and winning, and we all knew that. The standards for sports and coaches rather than family is much lower because their is almost a set expectation from them to be aggressive and having their interest at heart.