Unfortunately, things are not always that simple First. there is the daunting
gap between ethical judgment and ethical behavior. From at least the time of
plato and aristotle ethical judgment and ethical behavior from at least the time of plato and aristotle western philosophy has acknowledged a real discontinuity detween judging some act as right and following through and doing it It is difficult enough knowing the difference between good and bad eight and wrong but knowing is different from doing and not everyone has the fortitude strength of character or motivation to act in ways that we know are best while many observers expect an ethics class to teach ethical behavior most ethicists have the more modest goal for their courses it is not at all clear for example that an ethics course would have made any difference to the individuals who perpetrated the fraud at barclays bank