The morality of Justice Wargrave can be easily debated. He has a strong sense of justice. His sense of justice indicates he has a high morale code. On the other hand, he has a need to kill. Justice Wargrave loves to see things suffer. The need to kill would mean he has a low morale code. The morality of Justice Wargrave is easily confusing but one stage of morality can explain Justice Wargrave. There are six stages of morality. Everyone starts at stage one. You never go back a stage and you don’t always make it to stage six. Stage one is “punishment and obedience.” This is where you act based on the fear of punishment. Stage two is “individualism and exchange.” Stage two is when you do what is right for you. Your focus is helping yourself.
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The murders Wargrave committed, and his occupation as a hanging judge, are examples of things he did to better the society he wants. It is evident Justice Wargrave has a strong sense of justice. Having the sense of justice is found in his occupation and he says it himself. Pg 286. "A strong sense of justice. It is abhorrent to me that an innocent person or creature should suffer or die by any act of mine." The definition of justice is the administration of the law or making sure the law is upheld. Abhorrent is an inspiring disgust. Knowing the definitions of the words, we can see Justice Wargrave doesn't want innocent people punished. He sees society better with innocent people in it than the guilty. Justice Wargrave will not punish an innocent person. Wargrave would stop cases if he knew the person accused was innocent. Pg 286. "I took no pleasure in seeing an innocent man there...directing the jury there was no case.” Justice Wargrave’s sense of justice and his views of society shows he's at stage five. Wargrave’s idea of society is justice, where the guilty are punished and the innocent are free. This leads him to kill because in his views of society, justice must be
The murders Wargrave committed, and his occupation as a hanging judge, are examples of things he did to better the society he wants. It is evident Justice Wargrave has a strong sense of justice. Having the sense of justice is found in his occupation and he says it himself. Pg 286. "A strong sense of justice. It is abhorrent to me that an innocent person or creature should suffer or die by any act of mine." The definition of justice is the administration of the law or making sure the law is upheld. Abhorrent is an inspiring disgust. Knowing the definitions of the words, we can see Justice Wargrave doesn't want innocent people punished. He sees society better with innocent people in it than the guilty. Justice Wargrave will not punish an innocent person. Wargrave would stop cases if he knew the person accused was innocent. Pg 286. "I took no pleasure in seeing an innocent man there...directing the jury there was no case.” Justice Wargrave’s sense of justice and his views of society shows he's at stage five. Wargrave’s idea of society is justice, where the guilty are punished and the innocent are free. This leads him to kill because in his views of society, justice must be