Ethics [Thursday, April 25, 2013, 2nd period]

[sith_happened]

"Welcome to our final class together," Anakin said as he passed out the exams. "I hope you've learned something about yourselves in our time together so that when you're faced with a tough situation, you can make a choice you can live with."

That's what passed for as touchy-feely from Anakin, folks. Sorry. "There are no right and wrong answers on this exam, but I do want you to explain your answer. Don't answer what you think I want to hear--answer how you'd honestly react."

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Question #4

[sith_happened]

A rebel who has threatened to explode several bombs in crowded areas has been caught. Unfortunately, she has already planted the bombs and they are scheduled to go off in a short time. It's possible that hundreds of people may die and the authorities cannot make her divulge the location of the bombs by conventional methods. In exasperation, some high level official suggests torture. This would be illegal, of course, but the official thinks that it is nevertheless the right thing to do in this desperate situation. What do you do and why?

a) Torture her to get the information. There's no time left to be reasonable.
b) Torture her and her family to get the information, then blow up her planet. If you're going to do something illegal, might as well be really, really thorough.
c) Continue working through the the legal structure of the judicial system and hope for the best.
d) None of the above. Perhaps your dimension works differently?

Re: Question #4

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

Okay, Maddie would be a little happy when this class was over and she could stop realizing things about herself, because she put A.

And put like a dozen exclamation points after B. What was this.

Re: Question #4

[ultron_junior]

Victor wasn't so into the idea of torture, but there was no way the courts were going to do jack in a situation like this. He circled A, reluctantly.

I'd try not to torture her too much.

Re: Question #4

[dressedinblood]

Anna circled C, but wrote next to it, If time was really running out I might consider A?

However it was crowded with Wouldn't blowing up the ENTIRE PLANET be the opposite of helping??? next to B.