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An Ethical Exploration Of The President's "New Plan For Iraq"

An Ethical Exploration of the President's "New Plan for Iraq"

MGMT 622 – Dr. Zack Plantak
"Developing Ethical Leadership"

Christopher J. Betner Sr.

Christopher Betner Sr.
Dr. Zack Plantak
MGMT 622
February 1, 2007

An Ethical Exploration of the President's "New Plan for Iraq"
Introduction
On January 10, 2007, the 43rd President of the United States of America, President George W. Bush Spoke to the nation from The White House to inform a country growing weary of our present course in Iraq about his new and improved strategy for Iraq. He acknowledged for the first time he erred by failing to order a military build-up in Iraq last year.

President Bush announced that he had made the decision to elevate U.S. troop levels in Iraq by 21,500 to suppress the country's near-anarchy.

This decision is one of critical importance to the American people, as well as the entire world. As a major political powerhouse in the world, the decision to elevate the forces in Iraq could have a major impact on the relationships between the American government and the world as well as with its own constituency. The implications of this decision are far more widespread than a simple rubicon decision to aid this nation in its quest for democracy. In this paper we will examine the president's decision through the lens of what is commonly known as the teleological approach to ethics which yields to the idea that "the end justifies the means" and Virtue ethics which is focused on developing moral character by being and become a good worthy human being,

After the sun set on September 11, 2001, the smoke cleared in the streets of New York City's most prestigious boro, the dust settled in our nations capital and the debris was removed from the fields of Pennsylvania, the devastating reality, of which type had not been seen in quite some time on American soil, left an entire nation in utter shock and disbelief. Media professionals were unable to wrap words around it,...