Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Abrahem

I'm giving a test in my moral theology class tomorrow which covers moral object, intention, and circumstance. For class I found several different scenarios to read where we'd identify each source. For the test, I decided to make my own and give it as an essay question. If you read this, see if you can identify each then write them in the comments.

Abrahem lives in a very poor town near the border of Israel where crime, death, and violence are an everyday occurrence. He needs money because he insists on taking his pregnant wife to the best hospital. There is another more affordable hospital he could take his wife to, but he does not trust it due to its bad reputation.



Abrahem knows an organization that will pay a large sum of money if he agrees to plant a roadside bomb that will instantly kill any person near it when detonated. The organization tells him that the bomb will be used to kill who they think may be a corrupt Israeli businessman. All Abrahem has to do is dig a hole, put the device in the ground, cover it, walk away, and he’ll receive enough money to provide the best care possible for his wife and child. No one will ever know what he did.


Even though he knows and believes that it is always wrong to kill an innocent person, he agrees to plant the bomb because he thinks he’s doing something good. He does the job, receives his payment and everything appears to be going well. The next day while in the hospital with his wife, Abrahem sees on TV that an innocent group of soldiers (who are helping his city and country) were killed by the bomb he planted!

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