Blog Post #1
Ethics- “moral principles that govern a person's
behavior or the conducting of an activity”
At what
point do we question ethics, in class we have sparked a conversation about
housing and evictions. The world to me is a never-ending circle, us as people
are always trying to prosper, we make money and lose money. There are ups and
downs. In the book Evicted by Matthew Desmond there are a lot of ethical
questions that elude to the crippling economy in Milwaukee.
It all starts with “Home and Hope”
“The home is the center of life. It is a refuge from the
grind of work, the pressure of school, and the menace of the streets. We say
that at home, we can “be ourselves.” Everywhere else, we are someone else. At home,
we remove our masks.” Pg. 293
What
happens when this place, our sanctuary is disrupted over and over and over
again? Can we deal with not only housing, but our kids, a job? This really
impacted me because throughout reading the book I never put into perspective
that not only are the people dealing with everything else in their lives but
also their own sanctuary. Having problems with the home starts the whirlwind of
trouble throughout. I strongly agree that people can’t make moves to get better
if their home is not stable. A home is the start without giving people a home
the start is hard to start, people will just spiral down and down until they
can support themselves anymore and worse things happen.
What is the ethics on constantly evicting people and
stopping people from having a stable home and potentially make a better life?
I don’t know
the solution, and I think that it is hard to make a solution that everyone will
support because of our need to think about what is ethical. If we didn’t think
about what is ethical there could be a solution but then the world would be a
lot colder.