09 November 2007

Morality?

Morality - a definition is - "concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct"

I found an online morality experiment as follows -

The Sheriff of Nottingham captured Little John and Robin Hood and imprisoned them in his dungeon. Maid Marion begged the Sheriff for their release, pleading her love for Robin. The Sheriff agreed to release them only if Maid Marion spent the night with him. To this she agreed. The next morning the Sheriff released his prisoners. Robin demanded that Marion tell him how she persuaded the Sheriff to let them go. Marion confessed the truth, and was bewildered when Robin abused her, called her a slut, and said that he never wanted to see her again. At this Little John defended her, inviting her to leave Sherwood with him and promising lifelong devotion. She accepted and they rode away together.

Now in terms of realistic everyday standards of behavior, put Robin, Marion, Little John, and the Sheriff in the order in which you consider they showed the most morality and honesty. There is no "right" answer, and you'll be given the psychologist's estimate of you for each of the 24 arrangements.

The "answers" are at http://www.talisman.org/quizzes/robin-hood-morality.shtml

In my answer I put the Sheriff at the bottom - but one of my daughters put him at the top???
Her reasoning was that he stood by his agreement - mine is that if it wasn't for him the problem would not have arisen.


There is of course no right answer but I see that my morale stance was the majority view although not by much as the percentage difference is very small across the first few top responses.