Eric writes,

I would refuse to take that oath...on principle. The idea that an individual's proper move

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should be to serve "the greater good" is highly quesonable. This altruisc ethic is what supported the collecvist of communism and naonal socialism. If my life belongs first and foremost to "the greater good," it follows that the greatest virtue is to live as a slave. A slave's existence, aer all, is devoted primarily for the benefit of his master. The master can be a plantaon owner or a King or an oligarchy or a society that demands your servitude.

The only oath I'd be willing to take is, "I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."Eric, May 30, 2009 (10:35 a.m.), comment on Leslie Wayne, "A Promise to Be Ethical in an Era of Immorality,"New York Times, May 29, 2009, accessed May 11, 2011, hp://community.nymes.com /comments/www.nymes.com/2009/05/30/business/30oath.html?sort=oldest.

In your own words, contrast the values the MBA Oath supporters espouse with the values the commenter Eric espouses.