Dilemmas Of Thanksgiving
I partially agree with your statement. Dudley and Stephens’s actions can be forgiven, but not forgotten. Going through starvation can be really dire and a struggle for many people, but the fact of intentionally slaughtering a person to death due to lack of food to survive in order to eat can be very devastating and sorrow simultaneously. I do moderately agree that they did not want to make the decision to murder the man, however, then again wanted to do it because of his health status and they thought it would be ethical to murder the man to save lives.
Unfortunately, it is sad that they had gone for prolonged days without the access of water and food. They practically lack resources to survive which does not morally give them the liberty