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watchmen-ethical_dilemmas_project.pptxWatchmen: Ethical Dilemmas
By: Bryan Knight, Steve Ottman, & Yvonne Noella
Table of Contents
Steve Ottman:Steve Ottman:
Ethical Dilemma #1 & 2 ----------------------------The Comedian
Ethical Dilemma #1 & 2-----------------------------Ozymandias
Yvonne Noealla:
Ethical Dilemma #1, #2, # 3, # 4-------------------Nite Owl/Silk Spectre II
Bryan Knight:
Ethical Dilemma #1 & 2-----------------------------Rorschach
Ethical Dilemma #2 & 2-----------------------------Dr. Manhattan
The Comedian’s Ethical Dilemma 1
His refusal to acknowledge his pregnant Vietnamese mistress and his murdering of her.
The Comedian’s Ethical Dilemma 2
His discovery of Veidt’s plan and the consequences, but failure to do anything or tell anyone.
Ozymandias’s Ethical Dilemma 1
His plan to murder and frame his former vigilante friends.
Ozymandias’s Ethical Dilemma 2
His ultimate plan of killing 2 million innocent people in an attempt to prevent nuclear war.
Quotes
“If it weren’t for his sacrifice, the death of comedy if you will, Ozymandias’s engineered tragedy would not have come to Rorshcach’s attention” (Dietrich 126).
“And then there is Ozymandias, a character who is fashioned as a hero, but who acts as a villain” (Robinson 101).
“Thus began my path to conquest…Conquest not of men, but of the evils that beset them” (Moore and Gibbons 359).
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NITE OWL & SILK SPECTRE II Ethical Dilemma 1
They rescued people from a building on fire while wearing costume.
NITE OWL & SILK SPECTRE II Ethical Dilemma 2
They broke into the prison to release Rorschach.
NITE OWL & SILK SPECTRE II Ethical Dilemma 3
They decided to exile after finding out that it was too late and dangerous to prevent the "alien” attack.
NITE OWL & SILK SPECTRE II Ethical Dilemma 4
They chose to take on a new identity.
Quotes
“An act should be judged not by its nature but by its result, its effect or outcome. Whether there were beneficial or harmful consequences is the critical consideration in the moral reckoning” (F. Porter).
“If the results are what count, we need not be squeamish about the morality of our acts. Whatever is done, no matter how vile, is purified by the good that is achieved” (F. Porter).
“ This is too big to be hard-assed about! We have to compromise!”(Moore and Gibbons)
Rorschach Ethical Dilemma #1
Rorschach murders a murderer: Gerald Anthony Grice and his 2 dogs.
Rorschach Ethical Dilemma #2
Rorschach wants to expose Adrian Veidt’s plan.
Dr. Manhattan Ethical Dilemma #1
Dr. Manhattan knew of Veidt’s plan and could stop him.
Dr. Ethical Dilemma #2
Dr. Manhattan kills Rorschach due to his knowledge of Veidt’s plan.
Quotes
“Never Compromise. Not even in the face of Armageddon” (Kane).
“Both recognize the two ways of interpreting it, understanding its its presentation; its both horrifying and hopeful. But while Manhattan understands this polarity of possible meanings as the-way-things-are, as ultimately perfection itself, Rorschach wants to flee from said indeterminacy” (Dietrich 136).
“Of course. Must protect Veidt’s new utopia. One more body amongst foundations make little difference” (Moore and Gibbons 406).
Works Cited
Dietrich, Bryan. The Human Stain: Chaos and the Rage For Order in Watchmen. Extrapolation, Vol. 50, No. 1. 2009, p. 126.
Kane, Joseph. “Watchmen’s Rorschach-psychiatry in the movies.” The British Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 260, no. 1, Jan 215, p.25, 2015, p. 25.
Moore, Alan, and Dave Gibbons, Watchmen. DC Comics, 1986.
Porter, Burton Frederick. “The Good Life : Options in Ethics Authors.” 4th ed. Lanham, Md : Rowman & Littlefield. 2010. pp. 150 &168. Printed 12 May 2017.
Robinson, Michael G. Critical Insights: The Graphic Novel. Grey House Publishing, 2014, p.101.
