Oh "deer"...

[SantaMufasa]

My brother is a professor at a college where huntin' is a popular pasttime. He presented to his philosophy class a scenario which concluded with an ethical dilemma. He assigned his class to write a 1-page paper with an account of a similar ethics dilemma from their own personal experiences. Here is an excerpt from one of the submissions:

TO MAKE A CHOICE WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHICH ONE IS THE LESS OF THE TWO EVILS. We may not always be faced with as tough of a decision as in the example but situations like it occur all the time in our lives. One example in my life occurred while hunting. I shot a cow elk rather far into the mountains and would need to backpack it out. It was extremely cold and by the time I got it gutted, it was after dark. By...state law, one is required to have evidence of sex while transporting a game animal until butcher. So I had a problem. Do I make two trips so I can keep evidence of sex or do I cut just the meat off and make one trip even though I’m breaking the law? To answer this question I need to break apart the situation and determine which one is indeed less evil.

I just hope that this student doesn't get a job drafting legislation. <grin>

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
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“Beware of those that seek to protect you from harm or risk. The cost will be your freedoms and your liberty.”

 

[KenCunningham]

Certainly must have been a 'game' cow elk!!

The internet - allowing those who don't know what they're talking about to have their say.

 

[hjgoldstein]

It's spooky that I saw this when I logged in this morning.

As I was driving to the railway station, two little deer trotted across the road in front of the car.

Makes the day just that little bit nicer.

It is time for pacifists to stand up and fight for their beliefs.

 

[hjgoldstein]

I am also reminded of the joke at

http://www.alphadictionary.com/fun/hell.html

It is time for pacifists to stand up and fight for their beliefs.

 

[SkipVought]

Reminds me of the recent new item of a school girl with cerebral palsy being repeatedly harassed on a school bus. Her father broke the law by getting on the bus to protect his daughter and reprimand her tormentors, as no other remedy seemed to be working as I recall.

Don't know how much of a dilema he agonized. Would not have been very agonizing for me.

Skip,

_{Just traded in my old subtlety...
for a NUANCE!}

 

[p5wizard]

off into the weeds...

hjgoldstein,

At some point then, hell would cease to exist... Or at least have a dried up lake because all the molten brimstone will have evaporated, which would probably do wonders for the atmosphere over there... But then again, perhaps that was the original idea?

http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/People/Michael_Richardson/heaven.html

p5

 

[BadBigBen]

HJGoldstein, nice...

and P5, also nice, though not as funny as the one from HJ...


Santa,funny story, made me go "doe" with a slap to the forehead...

Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.
Only ask questions with yes/no answers if you want "yes" or "no"

 

[kmcginn]

In New Orleans we already know that Hell has frozen over - we found it out last Febriary in Miami when the Saints won the Superbowl!

Sorry, I couldn't resist getting a dig in there!