Jonathan Bailey
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American presidents may find themselves in such positions. Positions in which one has to decide who lives and who dies.
Take the film Executive Decision with Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, Oliver Platt, David Suchet and John Leguizamo from 1996.
Terrorists take over a jumbo jet with about 450 innocent people on board. The plane might crash into Washington DC killing thousands if the president doesn't' shoot it down. 450 innocent people WILL die for certain if the president orders the plane to be shot down over the sea before reaching Washington. What do you do? How can your conscience allow you to live with whatever you chose to do?
Do you sacrifice a few innocent people to guarantee saving many more? Do a few innocent people become the "stitch in time to save nine"?
Do you refrain from shooting down the plane altogether taking a gamble that you might be playing into the enemy's hands with the possibility that nobody will be killed, a few might be killed, some might be killed or many might die?
Take the film Executive Decision with Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, Oliver Platt, David Suchet and John Leguizamo from 1996.
Terrorists take over a jumbo jet with about 450 innocent people on board. The plane might crash into Washington DC killing thousands if the president doesn't' shoot it down. 450 innocent people WILL die for certain if the president orders the plane to be shot down over the sea before reaching Washington. What do you do? How can your conscience allow you to live with whatever you chose to do?
Do you sacrifice a few innocent people to guarantee saving many more? Do a few innocent people become the "stitch in time to save nine"?
Do you refrain from shooting down the plane altogether taking a gamble that you might be playing into the enemy's hands with the possibility that nobody will be killed, a few might be killed, some might be killed or many might die?
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