Ethical Problem #1a
Oct. 28th, 2005 08:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marieldraconisOK...so far, so good. I have given my own answer to problem 1. Now, here's a slight scenario shift.
You are soldiers in Iraq. For the moment, ignore any moral opinions that you have about the war and accept that point. "Larry" is your commanding officer. "Johnny" is a group of Iraqi terrorists that you have captured. Larry wants, instead of killing them, to torture them for information.
These terrorists have killed a lot of your friends in the war. Maybe not these ones personally, but definitely the organizations they work with. Do you go along with the torture, or do you oppose Larry and risk court-martial?
Again, please feel free to bring friends in on this scenario or copy it over into your LJ. I want to see reactions.
You are soldiers in Iraq. For the moment, ignore any moral opinions that you have about the war and accept that point. "Larry" is your commanding officer. "Johnny" is a group of Iraqi terrorists that you have captured. Larry wants, instead of killing them, to torture them for information.
These terrorists have killed a lot of your friends in the war. Maybe not these ones personally, but definitely the organizations they work with. Do you go along with the torture, or do you oppose Larry and risk court-martial?
Again, please feel free to bring friends in on this scenario or copy it over into your LJ. I want to see reactions.
