In the book Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, George chooses to make a decision I believe is not morally justified. Lennie isn’t the brightest of men, but he has a kind heart and good intentions. He’s easily taken advantage of and unintendedly gets into a lot of trouble. George has been there to guide Lennie since his Aunt Clara died when Lennie was young. George is Lennie’s best friend and trusted guardian angel. This makes it easy to understand his decision and hard to cope with it, though it doesn’t in anyway make his decision morally justified.
Lennie is a man who has hopes and dreams like any other, but his life is hardened with a mental disability. This makes it more difficult for Lennie to remember things and provides him with a lack …show more content…
A lack of morality (straying toward the "bad/wrong" side of the spectrum) would be immorality. The idea of morality originates the Biblical times. For example the Bible speaks often of morality, and what is right or wrong in the eyes of god. If you have good morals you tend to do the right thing, make good choices and treat people well. The bible makes specific reference to morality and how to live one’s life in the form of The Ten Commandments. According to the bible, the commandments are designed to protect us, our families and our communities. They 're a guide to transforming the way we think, what we do and how we live. That 's why the Bible calls them "the royal law" and "the law of liberty." Commandment 6 states, “Thou shall not kill.” So in essence, if the idea of morality comes from a biblical term and the bible tells us not to kill, then George is in fact gong against morality by choosing to kill Lennie, even if he felt …show more content…
Curley wanted to kill Lennie because his wife was important to him and much of my class would say George’s decision was moral because he killed Lennie to protect him torture or worse. How could killing someone possibly be protecting them? George could have found others ways to protect his friend from the punishment the men wanted to bestow upon Lennie. The decision George made didn’t protect Lennie in any way. Lennie could’ve either been killed maliciously or be killed unknowingly but either way Lennie was to be killed. George may have thought he was keeping Lennie from hurting more people or even saving him from torture, but in the end I think the killing of your best friend is much worse than killing someone out of
Lennie is a man who has hopes and dreams like any other, but his life is hardened with a mental disability. This makes it more difficult for Lennie to remember things and provides him with a lack …show more content…
A lack of morality (straying toward the "bad/wrong" side of the spectrum) would be immorality. The idea of morality originates the Biblical times. For example the Bible speaks often of morality, and what is right or wrong in the eyes of god. If you have good morals you tend to do the right thing, make good choices and treat people well. The bible makes specific reference to morality and how to live one’s life in the form of The Ten Commandments. According to the bible, the commandments are designed to protect us, our families and our communities. They 're a guide to transforming the way we think, what we do and how we live. That 's why the Bible calls them "the royal law" and "the law of liberty." Commandment 6 states, “Thou shall not kill.” So in essence, if the idea of morality comes from a biblical term and the bible tells us not to kill, then George is in fact gong against morality by choosing to kill Lennie, even if he felt …show more content…
Curley wanted to kill Lennie because his wife was important to him and much of my class would say George’s decision was moral because he killed Lennie to protect him torture or worse. How could killing someone possibly be protecting them? George could have found others ways to protect his friend from the punishment the men wanted to bestow upon Lennie. The decision George made didn’t protect Lennie in any way. Lennie could’ve either been killed maliciously or be killed unknowingly but either way Lennie was to be killed. George may have thought he was keeping Lennie from hurting more people or even saving him from torture, but in the end I think the killing of your best friend is much worse than killing someone out of