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Sullivan criticizes Carr on multiple fronts. Let's focus on one. He writes -

"What Mr. Carr offered here is but another piece of fogging, another smoke screen. Again without either explicitly stating or arguing for it, he insinuated the contention that any action is morally right if everyone does it, or at least if lots of people do it some time or other. He did this by continually dropping phrases like "most executives" and "at all levels of corporate life" and "the prevailing condition." Mr. Carr may be right when he describes unethical business practices as common, but he is wrong when he implies they, therefore, are acceptable to the majority of people in business."

1. What does Sullivan mean by this and how might it relate it to the Is/Ought distinction mentioned in lecture?

2. More importantly, do you agree with Sullivan in the above passage? Why or why not?