New York MTA

Traditional mart structure suggests that all market decisions should be establish on utilitarian theory. We often witness market decisions which neglect other important aspects of the market activity. As a result, we appear under the impact of hotshot-side unbalanced decisions which ultimately neglect the principles of morality and moral piety of the market pull.Rising fares and tolls by MTAAfter an unusually vigorous and spirited debate, the notice of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted to lambaste fares on subways, cumuluses and commuter railroads and tolls on bridges and tunnels (Chan, 2007a). Why is it so surprising that not all members of the MTA board wanted to turn into the proponents of fares and tolls increase? Does this mean that more and more political and business players realize the vastness of morality in taking market decisions?Evidently, the situation is much worse than one may imagine. oneness may initially think that increasing the fares forget l ead to less traffic congestion, and will incline more people to use public transport yet, the public transport fares are being raised, too. From the vantage point of those who vote for raising fares and tolls in New York, this decision is the first step towards fiscal responsibility. The authority had for foresighted applied windfalls and real estate taxes hoping that someone would bail us out and turning a unsighted eye to our responsibility to put this MTA on a firm future monetary structure (Chan, 2007a).Simultaneously, from the rack of morality and theology of the marketplace, commercial activity is not limited by rational market decisions, and also confronts us with the moral predicaments (Gregg, 2004). The major concern within this situation is that the decision to raise fares has totally neglected the position of those whom we traditionally consider to be penetrable populations. The representative of Working Families Party is confident(p) that raising fares will ser iously hit working people (Benjamin, 2007). Today, once again middle secern New Yorkers and those struggling to make it, are bearing the cost, Rep. Anthony Weiner said (Benjamin, 2007).A fare acclivity now is the wrong choice for New York. It would hit many people who are struggling profound to make ends befitting and hurt the regions economy. This fare hike will hit 86 percentage of the ride public who use fare discounts. These include pay-per-ride bonus MetroCards and 7- and 30-day unlimited-ride passes. Its also a double whammy for closely L.I.R.R. and Metro-North commuters whose railroad fares would go up (Chan, 2007b)The discussed fare hike will also cause the bonuses decrease for riders (from 20 to 15 percent), and the discounted fare will cost $1.74 instead of $1.67 (Chan, 2007b). The problem is that New Yorkers pay more than they make up to for the transport they use. In 2005, riders paid 55 percent of the costs of running the subways and buses (Chan, 2007b). Object ively, this is much higher that the riders in other cities pay those in Boston do not compensate more than 29 percent of the discussed costs, and those in Philadelphia pay no more than 37 percent (Chan, 2007b).As the M.T.A reports $140 million reductions, does this mean that they will make the riders pay this amount through higher fares and tolls? Doubtlessly, the suggested fares and tolls increase will help compensate the under-financing of the MTA by the state Government, but if the decision framework remains unchanged, this compensation will actually take place for the account of the already mentioned vulnerable populations. To rely upon utilitarianism as the moral philosophical foundation of the case for the market creates tremendous difficulties for Catholics (Gregg, 2004).The utilitarian desire to find the greatest good and to satisfy the masses does not meet the ethical and moral criteria of religion. Those who were taking the decision to raise the fares and tolls in New Yor k have neglected one essential aspect in their decision making when one looks for the means to produce the greatest joyousness for the greatest number of people, one has to perform numerous calculations and to produce the decision which satisfies everyone. From the viewpoint of moral theology, such calculations in market decision-making are simply impossible. No person can make such an judging without admitting a tremendous degree of ignorance about all the possible effects that might proceed from a freely chosen act (Gregg, 2004).The MTA governors have evidently gone beyond their reasonable abilities, trying to persuade us that that the future with raised fares and tolls for everyone was better than other possible alternatives. The MTA board members view the increased tolls and fares as the means to close the gaps in MTAs budget and to provide safe and reliable system of conveyance for the New Yorks citizens. However, it is not the ultimate goal for those who use public transpo rt and belong to vulnerable layers of the city population.ConclusionThe moral theology of marketplace rejects any uniform measures in defining the goals of decision making. This is why the governors should have considered the financial opportunities of those who cannot afford paying more for using public transport. The diversified structure of prices would sink all moral and ethical issues, and would not create serious obstacles on the way towards better process of the citys transportation systems.ReferencesBenjamin, E. (2007). MTA fare hike reactions (updated). Daily News. Retrieved February 17,2008 from http//www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2007/12/mta-fare-hike-reactions.htmlChan, S. (2007a). Board approves subway and bus fare increase. The New York Times.Retrieved February 17, 2008 from http//cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/19/mta-board-approves-fare-and-toll-increases/index.html?hpChan, S. (2007b). Hundreds stranded online by botched M.T.A. Webinar. The New YorkTim es. Retrieved February 17, 2008 from http//cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/10/mixed-reaction-to-new-mta-fare-plan/?hpGregg, S. (2004). 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