Analysis Of Michael Bruce's 'Gentlemen, Your Argument'

In “Gentlemen, your verdict” by Michael Bruce, Lieutenant-Commander Oram should be convicted of murder for taking the lives of fifteen innocent men. Captain Oram was faced in a dilemma where he had to choose to either “condemn [his] whole crew to death or sacrifice fifteen and save five” (4).Choosing whether a person should die or live is a decision no one should make. In this case “a submarine [is] [laid] helpless[ly] at the bottom of the sea [with] ...twenty men-trapped”(1). The radio station reported that no ships were around and help would not come for a few days. Captain Oram made the decision to murder his crew with no hesitation, not to even analyzing his plan and find another solution. However, the oxygen tank could only last for two