The Dalai Lama suggests the starting point in identifying if an act is ethical or not is weather it accounts for the suffering of others. I personally agree with this concept since I feel many unethical behaviors arise from self-serving incentives where collateral damage is a secondary preoccupation. It is a lot easier to overlook the reflection process behind making ethical choices when the only well-being taken into consideration is yourself. As the Dalai Lama also explains, conscious behavior and emotions cannot be separated. Thus, we may be misled by our intuition and believe our actions…