Ethical Decision-Making In Macbeth And The Count Of Monte Cristo

Ethical decision-making is the process of weighing out options and their outcomes. Ethics are a set of morals that individuals use as guidelines throughout their life. Ethics are found through their friends, family, religion, media, society, and education. Ethics are the beliefs of individuals, and how they react to situations in their life. Ethical decisions both have positive and/or negative outcomes. When individuals’ weights out their options by choosing the best alternative. In Macbeth by William Shakespeare, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, and in House, there are ethical and unethical decisions made. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth tends to be laid back, but as the play goes on, he does not have the best of

He wants justice for being in prison for fourteen years, which he did not commit. He wants revenge against his men who put him in prison. The four men who prisoned Edmond are Fernand Mondego, Baron Danglars, Caderousse, and Gerard de Villefort. Mondego is jealous of his wife, Mercedes. Danglars frames Edmond for treason. Caderousse is greedy, and helps frame Edmond. Villefort fears that Edmond’s letter might damage his right to his position so to make sure that no one knows about Edmond’s letter, so he is also responsible for putting Edmond in prison as well. When Edmond escapes prison, he has two goals to accomplish. He wants to reward those who were trustworthy to him, and revenge for the four men who put him in prison. This is an ethical decision for Edmond, because he wants to punish those who prisoned him (Hopper). The four men who prisoned him, in return Edmond is going to seek

Villefort was guilty of involuntary manslaughter, even thought the baby was not breathing at the time. Monte Cristo had told his guests that he had found a little skeleton in the backyard. Villefort then admits to Madame Danglars, that what Monte Cristo was true. Madame Danglars thought that her baby was stillbirth, not buried alive. “’Wasn’t it by chance that the Count of Monte Cristo bought that house? Wasn’t it by chance that his workmen discovered the child buried beneath the trees, poor innocent little creature!’” (Dumas 278). Madame Danglars could not believe what Villefort had done. “’Then where was it that you buried our child? What reason did you have to deceive me?’” (278). Villifort at the time thought it was dead. In this situation of Villifort murdering Madame Danglars’s baby, it is not safe or legal (Hopper). Villefort’s consequence is that he felt guilty about his unethical