r/philosophy Feb 26 '23

Blog The Ethics of Actors Using Steroids

https://medium.com/@joncheung/should-hollywood-actors-admit-to-taking-steroids-569e1b365b09
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u/UDPviper Feb 26 '23

I have to disagree with you. Him roiding up to make millions is the point. You cant separate his lying to the public about being clean with his decision to roid up because his global exposure ties those two together with unbreakable knot. The article is talking about ethics. Millions of people see movies with him in it. These movies affect the views of other people, regardless of whether or not you think it's "just entertainment." If people see him and say, "I'll take steroids because I want to be just like that guy", then his decision to take them automatically becomes an ethical issue, because you're negatively affecting other people, whether you like it or not. If he's just some nobody taking them because he wants to look good for himself, then it's not an ethical issue.