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Environment
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Human Rights
Dr Tom Kerns
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Discussion Questions for
Ursula LeGuin's
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
- If the people of Omelas were to offer a justification for why their society’s set-up was morally acceptable, what do you think their justification might be?
- Would you characterize that justification as primarily teleological or deontological? Please explain.
- How would you characterize your own ethical judgment about the Omelas society’s set-up that requires one person to suffer in order for the rest of the community to be happy? Do you think that social set-up is morally just? Please explain.
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