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Consequences of Living in the Present

Troublesome is the word used many times
When making the difficult judgment
Consequences are always in mind
Due to ethical decision’s tyrant
In the morality of our mankind
As we try to figure out what are crimes

As the force of opposition stands in our way
We must decide how take action
We sort out what we view are the evil names
Due to the fermentable mean’s motion
In the engulfing of our action’s flames
As we try to walk the right pathway

Eventually with thought of the future
We justify ourselves in any possible deed
We examine all horrendous options there are
Due to our fear the opposition will succeed
In dread we forego our conquering spar
As we go into the nervous thriller

Therefore we make the urged decision
And drop a bomb on innocent people
In hope we stop our enemy’s movement
The lost souls are seen as crucial
In making the choice without regard to the present
As we think we prevent death of our children

But every action is blind of future’s judging mind
Pick which consequence is in your storyline

 

 

The bomb stopped our enemy's assault  
They have future fear and surrender to our might
We rejoice for our duty to one and all
Due to our own justified delight
In our decision's judgment standing tall
As we say our means are the correct default

OR

The bomb inflamed our enemy's assault
They react with furious and stronger might
We cry out in vain to one and all
Due to missing our impossibly obtained delight
In our immoral decision standing so tall
As we say our means are the wrong default

 

 

Though we can’t come to the same conclusion
On the justification of our means
We must listen to morality’s sweet song
Due to the ruthless decision’s routine
In its unforeseeable right or wrong
As we figure out our unknowable bargain

Though the bomb could have prevented
Millions more from dying in the conflict
It could also have inflamed opposition’s detest
Due to the swollen texture of a bomb’s verdict
In figuring out how our means should be expressed
We must look at our ethics in the present



Author notes

Another poem written due to the ethical debate over consequentialism vs. deontology. When we ask ourselves whether the ends justify the means or whether the means justify the ends, we must remember we can't see the future. Therefore, I don't think we can judge if an action is good by the consequence of it like in consequentialism. Rather, I support deontology in saying that the means are what need to be looked at. In dropping a bomb on innocent people, regardless if it brings some conflict to an end and possibly prevents millions more from being killed it is still the wrong action because for all we know it could have killed millions more as well. I hoped I conveyed that well enough through this poem.

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  • Midgetbridgey
    April 14
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    goodjob! and goodluck
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