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VALID AND INVALID ETHICS Some Examples 1. The regime of the Soviet Union was based on an ethic. The value chosen to be maximized was material well-being for everyone. The belief system adopted was that of communism, which decreed government ownership of everything of real value and political suppression of dissent. Ownership of all the major businesses and properties was taken over by the state (government) and “managed for the benefit of all”. Those who voiced any objection were imprisoned in harsh prison camps or executed “for the sake of the people”. The result was universal poverty and the most brutally tyrannical regime in modern history. Material well-being was only available to a tiny minority of the people who were supposed to benefit from the revolutionary regime. This was the exact opposite of the intentions of the Soviet founders. Their ethic was not valid. 2. The French revolution was based on an ethic. The value to be maximized was equality for all and the belief system that of armed rebellion. The result was a major blood bath that left the people no better off than they were before. The ethic was not valid.
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