- You are a whale activist in France. For the summer, your organization is going to Faroe Islands to protest the Grind, an event that occurs multiple times a year in Faroe in which the locals coral endangered whale species into the harbor and kill them. You’ve seen the pictures and you’ve been told of how grotesque and barbaric the event is. Your organization has been tracking the sales of the whale parts for years. However, when you arrive in Faroe and meet the people, you find that your organization doesn’t have all of the facts. First of all, they train their youth in how to kill the whales without hurting them, through a quick slice in the spinal cord, killing them humanely and instantly. Secondly, they don’t sell the meat at all. They distribute it amongst the Faroese, and it is illegal for any part of the whale to leave the Islands. They even use the bones and entrails locally. Thirdly, the Grind has been a tradition since the Vikings settled on Faroe, and they do it because there is little farm land, little pasture land, and the only food that they have without importing comes from the sea. If they didn’t do the Grind, they would need to import even more food, which would flip their economy upside down and force the abandoning of the island. Fourthly, they don’t hunt endangered whales, but pilot whales, which are small and common. Finally, the practice is falling out naturally due to the presence of mercury in the blood and meat of the whales recently. Now, you know that it is illegal to protest the Grind during the event itself. You can either protest and get arrested, then shipped back to France and continue the tales of how horrible the Grind is, or you can stay in your hotel and just go home, getting kicked out of your organization in the process. Protest or no?
Your response must include:
- 1500 words in total in complete sentences with minimum spelling and grammatical errors
- MLA formatting, including at least 3 reliable sources (yes, you can use my lectures as sources)
- A paragraph in which you respond as a consequentialist / utilitarian
- include the consequences of both options of your chosen dilemma
- A paragraph in which you respond as a deontologist / Kantian
- include the duties in play for both options of your chosen dilemma
- A paragraph in which you respond as a eudaimonist / Stoic / social virtue ethicist
- include the specific virtues / vices in play for both options of your chosen dilemma
Do not restate the dilemma in your paper.