Recent Stanley Ho case

Today, I shall talk about the Stanley Ho Case.
My stand is that, this would not have happened if his children were not so eager to split up his assets and that they should not split up his assets before he has died or even made his will.

This then links to some concepts taught. Firstly, it is the Buddhist virtue Ethics. This means for children to be filial towards one’s parents. His children are splitting up his assets even before he has died, it shows how much they regard him as well as their character. Next, it is regarding the Liberty, Human Rights, which refers to a person’s ability to do what he likes as long as he is alive, in this case, it is not allowing Stanley Ho to make a choice on how to split his assets.

Certain people might say that since they are his family, and that he is going to die, they should split his assets up, however, Stanley Ho is still alive and he has his rights, and only him should decide on what he wants to do with his assets.

Now I shall talk about my two quotes. The first quote is “It’s the flock, the grove, that matters. Our responsibility is to species, not to specimens; to communities, not to individuals.” by Sara Stein, and this shows that utilitarianism actually at times disregard the minority, and it only takes care of the majority. The other quote is from a part of a quote from World English Bible “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil”, in this case, with the children only wanting their father’s money, and not even showing a single sign of filial piety.

~Gordon