Scenario You are an editor of a newspaper and have been given
photographs of American soldiers celebrating and doing unsavory
things over a pile of dismembered enemy bodies whicrt include
children. In addition, the photographs are 7 years old. Further, the
soldiers in the picture are directly responsible for winning the war
that put an end to the oppression of the people in the opposing
land. The oppression included slavery. Also, you possess the
only existing copies of these photographs.
The Question: Do you post these pictures in your paper?
1. Reflect on what you think the following ethical theories would
tell you to do in this situation. Write at least one full paragraph for
each ethical theory describing what they would recommend and
why.
Utilitarianism
• Kantian/Deontological Ethics
• Aristotelian Virtue Ethics
2. Explain what you would actually do, and why (you need not fall
in line with one of the ethical theories--your decision is your own,
but you must offer an argument in defense of the decision you
make)