The first is from the perspective of Ben Johnson who showed the ethical theory of selfishness, and the second can be seen as the ethical realism shown by the CIO. Because Johnson believed he was doing nothing wrong and made decisions in his best interests, he is considered to practice selfishness. His logic is that all the other top athletes were also using drugs, so why do it any differently. To this day, Johnson still stands by his statement that he has no regrets because at the time he thought he did nothing wrong. It's also important to remember that the culture of 1988 is a little different than the culture of today. Drugs were not as big of a problem as they currently are, so this event was one of those rare moments where consequences were given to the perpetrator. For this reason, Johnson argued that the IOC acted with discrimination, which was greater then than in society today. The fact that he changed his story from initially denying his drug use to being content with his actions makes what the IOC took away from Johnson acceptable. It is clear that in making his decisions he thought only of himself, keeping in mind a selfish ethical framework, deceivingly earning himself the Olympics, the gold medal and the world title.