In society today, children are being taught many different things based on morals and ethics. One of those things being to sacrifice for the greater good, but what does it mean to sacrifice for the greater good? Sacrificing for the greater good refers to losing something for the benefit of the majority or to basically trade one thing for another in which is the greater good. However, before we can sacrifice at all we have to know and understand what is the greater good that we are sacrificing. The main greater good would refer to the majority of society and the consequential effect that the sacrifice has on the society. This being said, would it be ethical to do some harm if it leads to a benefit for the majority of society? It would be ethical to do some harm if it leads to a benefit for the majority of society. This is so as progress requires sacrifice. While it might seem inhumane or cruel to experiment on an animal or even worse, a person, it is required for us to further progress in the medical industry. To gain more knowledge for ourselves and to learn more, we have to sacrifice things like time, energy and money. This is due to the fact that everything comes with a price and nothing comes free. Everything in life has to be earned, especially knowledge. When it comes to things such as technology, we spend literally years, sacrificing resources, time, manpower all for the sake of getting a smaller phone or having more battery on a device. If we can sacrifice