'Ethical And Moral Compass In The Most Dangerous Game'

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Moral / Ethical Compass Essay Everybody uses their ethical and moral compass every day. People have to see whether their choices are ethical and moral, we all use are ethical and moral compass all the time. In the story The Most Dangerous Game, Rainsford used his ethical and moral compass to decide whether to hunt humans with General Zaroff or not, he knew that saying no was ethically right and morally right aswell so he decided to make that decision. Not only Sanger Rainsford had to use his ethical and moral compass, Val Plumwood from Being Prey had to use her ethical and moral compasses. Val Plumwood decided to defend the alligators because she was trespassing in the alligators territory, her moral and ethical compass told her that it wasn't right …show more content…

A good thing to learn about rainsfords choice was that in total he did more right than wrong, Rainsford killed Zaroff because he knows that he will fight back and possibly kill Rainsford and more innocent humans. Rainsford did not only think about himself, he thought about what damage Zaroff has already done and what Zaroff can still do. Our society struggles to make sure that people are using their moral and ethical compasses correctly like for example, the Dakota Access Pipeline vs Standing Rock Sioux event. Some people don't care about the Native American’s water supply and think its ok to possibly contaminate the water in the future for the cause of oil, but as of now the US is saying that they will try and reroute the pipeline so it won't be able to contaminate the water supply. That decision was made by people that used their ethical and moral

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