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Post by Youngster Joey on May 30, 2012 20:01:25 GMT -5
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Post by supersonic1453 on May 30, 2012 20:51:21 GMT -5
I chose Little John, Maid Marion, Robin Hood, Sheriff.
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Post by Captain Zelar on May 30, 2012 21:04:51 GMT -5
Little John, Maid Marion, The Sheriff, Robin Hood
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Post by Youngster Joey on May 30, 2012 21:19:58 GMT -5
Zelar, why did you rank Robin Hood as the least moral?
Hiro did the same thing, and I'm wondering if his reasoning is the same as yours.
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Post by Captain Zelar on May 30, 2012 21:26:18 GMT -5
At least the sheriff was true to his word while Robin not only refused to see that Marion did what she did out of love but he also abused her, something no one should do to anyone, let alone someone who you supposedly love.
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Post by Youngster Joey on May 30, 2012 21:29:52 GMT -5
Hm, yeah, yours is about the same as his.
One of my friends had Sheriff-Marion-John-Robin. I'm not sure why he thought the Sheriff was moral (or why John wasn't, for that matter).
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Post by Hiro the Half-Elf on May 30, 2012 22:24:54 GMT -5
He probably felt that Little John was "stealing" Maid Marion from his friend by riding off into the sunset with her... but of course this is hypocritical given that he's okay with the sheriff forcing her into sex.
Which raises interesting questions about his views on women, which is part of the point of the thing, I suppose.
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Post by Youngster Joey on May 30, 2012 23:15:07 GMT -5
He says he dissociated what they were actually doing in the situation from what morals they represented (i.e., the sheriff was honest, Marion for sacrificing herself for the greater good, etc.), and rated them on the latter. I can understand his POV when he puts it that way, but I don't think that was really how you were supposed to rate them...
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Post by Hiro the Half-Elf on May 30, 2012 23:27:44 GMT -5
Sure, the sheriff was honest, but he also took advantage of a woman in distress.
Seems kind of Kantian of your friend. Honesty is moral regardless of utility.
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Post by Youngster Joey on May 30, 2012 23:37:28 GMT -5
As I said, he wasn't considering what the people actually did in the story, but what morals they represented. He kind of took the representations out of the context of the story, ignoring the details.
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Post by Captain Zelar on May 30, 2012 23:54:38 GMT -5
But isn't taking advantage of other peoples' suffering is a morality issue?
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Post by Youngster Joey on May 31, 2012 0:06:16 GMT -5
Yeah, it is. idk, his reasoning was kind of odd.
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Post by Youngster Joey on May 31, 2012 2:57:10 GMT -5
Forgot to mention it when we were discussing the Sheriff vs. Robin Hood.
Personally, I chose Robin Hood as more moral than the Sheriff because, while both were jerks, Robin Hood at least had a reason--albeit misguided--for being one, namely that he felt betrayed by Maid Marion for having sex with someone else. It doesn't excuse his behavior, but at least he had some semblance of an explanation for it. The Sheriff, meanwhile, was a jerk just because.
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Post by supersonic1453 on May 31, 2012 7:20:29 GMT -5
All of the sheriffs morality and honesty were thrown out of the window when he released prisoners for his own personal reasons.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2012 9:50:14 GMT -5
I chose Little John, Maid Marion, The Sheriff, Robin Hood
Robin should've understands Marion's sacrifice for at least the sheriff kept his promise
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