Arthur Ashe and Robert Finn
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In 1992 Arthur Ashe, the first black man to win the U.S. Open, announced at a press conference that he was HIV positive. He had been previously tipped that U.S.A today had been informed of the situation, and was going to print the story, and beat them to the chase. Later on that year Arthur Ashe spoke vividly about the situation and revealed the press, that he felt forced into clarifying his situation after the media was tipped about his HIV status.
Arthur Ashe also stated in a later interview with U.S.A today, that the Highly ranked newspaper had not been the first to know about his HIV status. Other media professional backed this statement, after Arthur Ashes death in 1993. Broadcasters later went on record with A&E Biography, to say that it was universally agreed upon to keep the matter private and not to publish the story, for fear of African American community being devastated
and Ashes repertoire of history making events to be scrutinized. Ashe had been diagnosed since 1988.
Wether or not the freedom of speech and press was involved, they all decided it was morally wrong to publish the story. Richard Finn, the person who was originally supposed to break the story had it not been for Ashes interference, Later went on record and said he regretted the decision, and his own personal moral theory had been put aside for financial gain and credibility.
In the textbook, the definition of a personal moral theory is or own formal recognition of the structure through which we engage in moral reasoning and by which we make the more significant moral decisions of our lives, particularly in professional decisions (pg.43).
Richard Finn had obviously made an immoral decision as he admitted to later in life. His ultimate goal was morally corrupt, since