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problem of the cheating girlfriend. He focuses on whether or not the number of people affected counts as something to consider when presented with a dilemma. He also states in the life-saving drug example that ?I will save my friend.? and it is not morally wrong to do that. Taurek objects to the utilitarian thought that treats people as objects. He instead considers his friendship and personal feelings when assessing a situation because he does not believe that people have ?objective value?. This leads me to believe that he would tell his friend about his unfaithful girlfriend because he respects his friends feelings and does not want to see him hurt any further. It is also important to consider what kind of person I would be and what kind of morals I would want to hold as my own

if I did or did not tell my friend of his cheating girlfriend. Bernard Williams bases his belief in moral integrity. Take for example the case of George the biochemist. If he takes the job in the chemical weapons factory, he is violating his own morals. If he turns the job down then he is putting his family deeper and deeper in debt. He thinks that it is important that a person feel harmony between the action he is doing and the result of it. When I choose to tell or not to tell my best friend about his cheating girlfriend, I am making a choice as to what kind of person that I am morally. The choice that I make will inevitably say what kind of person I am, whether I care about friends and family or whether I choose to sit back and see them suffer. Ultimately, I believe that I do

have an obligation to let my friend know that his girlfriend was fooling around on him behind his back, but I do not think that I would be able to tell him face to face. If I could let him know what was up by some sort of indirect means, then it would be much better and to my benefit because I would not be the one to upset him. My friend could not be mad at me for breaking his heart and his girlfriend could not hold me responsible for their impending fight and breakup. 333