Ethics, Tuesday, December 14, 2021

[sith_happened]

"Welcome to your final, everyone," Anakin said, putting exam papers onto everyone's desk. "Of all of my many ethics classes, you have been one of them."

Thanks for that, Anakin.

"Enjoy your holiday break. Try not to be unethical now that you've had this course."

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Question 1

[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.

Re: Question 1

[onlyajones]

Jo blinked and stared down at the questions, this was definitely not something she would have been asked in an exam at Malory Towers that was for sure.

She read through the options and then highlighted C as her answer because if anything else she knew that torturing people and blowing up planets was still wrong.