Monday, March 3, 2008

My perceptions of Lobbyism and Distributive Justice

The concept of lobbying is considered to be very controversial as there are presumed to be two sides of a story. As we had discussed in the previous class about McCain and the lobbyist, I started to realize that there are two sides of this story too. We emphasized on the lobbyist side of the controversy saying that sleeping with McCain to influence his actions is not very ethical. But, we also have to observe the perspective of the victim. I consider lobbying being very much similar to plagiarism, wherein which the person who is assisting his fellow peer to copy from him is equally convicted of performing plagiarism. Though the lobbyist took advantage of McCain, he was equally responsible for letting such a thing happen to himself. Lobbying can be accomplished successfully only when the victim is vulnerable enough to fall prey to the act. Hence, both the entities are proportionately liable for committing the act of lobbying.
The Oil Rig case talks about the partiality observed between the Angolans and the Expats. This difference in working conditions between them is not just merely because of the variations in their race, but it is due to the unique levels of knowledge and wisdom possessed by the employees including their skill set. Its just by cultural happenstance that this ambiguity occurs in a way similar to their geographical habitats and this has caused to the voluntary presumption that all Angolans would always wind up as workers and the Expats as their managers. If by chance, an Angolan gets literate and tends to possess managerial skills, then, providing him with the amenities currently experienced by Expats can be considered justifiable.

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