Morality And Ethics

[Nihil Obstat]

better yet, lets say that there was an American solider who walked off the battle field for numerous reasons, he was then captured by the enemy and held captive for 5 yrs, and then the president decided to swap one low ranking American Solider for 5 high level enemy combatants and on top of that gives the enemy a couple of million of dollars on top of it. Is that worth setting an American Solider under shady circumstances free.

Kittens are cuter though.

[superblue]

awww, yeah kittens are cute, sometimes they even remain cute after they are full grown.  but woooo feed em wet cat food an forget it, that breath will kill anything.

[southern california guy]

Ok, but what if you had 100 kittens in one of the burning houses, and 2 ponies in the other?

[Nihil Obstat]

Kitten is life. All is kitten. All hail kitten.

[ithinkjesusiscool]

Catholic Moral Theology isn't exactly easy. I hate doing maths in such situations. How would St Thomas argue?

[Nihil Obstat]

You should read Veritatis Splendor.

[PhuturePriest]

Ok, but what if you had 100 kittens in one of the burning houses, and 2 ponies in the other?

 

Kittens are cuter than ponies, therefore the kittens get first priority.

[Winchester]

Saving 100 people from a burning building sounds significantly more dangerous than saving two. Winnie, have you ever dragged 100 people out of a housefire?

Several times. It's all about weight distribution.