Ethical Dilemmas

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Response 2 At the end of chapter 12 we were asked to either respond if we either felt sympathy or empathy towards the characters. After finishing the reading I am leaning in the direction of feeling empathy towards the characters and not sympathy towards them because of their actions leading up to this point. The two main characters Duke and the attorney have taken their business trip to Las Vegas and turned it into a vacation.Their actions leading up to this point have been brought on themselves and they have to face the consequences for their actions. Duke should have not listened to his attorney from the very beginning, he should have reported the race that he was assigned to report on and he should have been more professional. He ends …show more content…

He has pulled a gun on Duke on more than one occasion. The first time it was because he asked him about his drugs and the second time it was in the hotel room. Friends are not supposed to pull guns on one another. His constant use of drugs makes his decision making to be questioned. The attorney orders 600 bars of soap from room service. When they run out of money he immediately leaves and Duke to clean up the mess the attorney has made while they were together. If I were to feel sympathy for anyone it would be for Duke, not the attorney. As I mentioned before, I'm leaning in the direction of empathy, I haven't been in a situation like Duke, but I can relate to the situation he is in because we have all been in a situation where we must face the consequences of our actions. At first Duke decides to run away from his problems, but then he realizes he is being pulled back towards Las Vegas by multiple signs, which include the police officer and the hitchhiker from the beginning of the story. He decides to own up for his actions and without the attorney around him he might actually have a chance of reporting the events that occur in the conference he is attending for drugs. If I were to put myself into Duke’s shoes I would want to make a new start in my life and turn things around. I would start to take my jobs more serious and try to avoid drugs because nothing good can come from them. I would choose my friends and colleagues with more caution and I would stay away from those people who cause trouble like the attorney. The attorney has left Duke by himself in Las Vegas with no money , a unregistered gun and a car full of illegal

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