Hotel Rwanda Term Paper
Rednaxela R. Calderon
ASSIGNMENT No. 4
HOTEL RWANDA
GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1. If you were in the situation of Paul, how far would you go to protect your countrymen, when you know very well that this will cost you the life of your family? Will you abandon your family to save the lives of others?
=> If I will put myself in Paul's situation, I think, I would help and protect my countrymen as long as I can and as long as I'm living. But first I'm going to ensure my family's safety before I gamble my life. If I die for the sake of others, it will looked like I abandoned my family but truly it's not, because in the situation, I think they will surely understand me why am I going to sacrifice myself just to protect and save others life who only depends on me. It's not that I prefer to die than to live with my family, but I also believe that life lived for others is worth living, like our God who gave His only Son for the sake of us all. God gave me life not just for my family but also for other people. Honestly, Not only your family makes your world but also the other people around you. And I cannot take to see those people struggling and dying then I just do nothing. Especially when I know that i'm the only one who can protect them. I know I cannot save everyone because i'm just only human but somehow, i know i did something I can.
2. In the ensuing violence, the international community and the government was forced to pull its foreign emissaries to safety. This included officials providing aid and relief such as the UN and the Red Cross. Do you think that the government and the international community’s decision to remove its employees from the scene of the fight were ethical, despite the fact that the natives rely on these organizations for aid and protection? Justify your answer using one ethical theory that we’ve discussed in class.
=> It is true that the goverment became selfish about their decision of forcing the foreign emissaries to leave and put
ASSIGNMENT No. 4
HOTEL RWANDA
GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1. If you were in the situation of Paul, how far would you go to protect your countrymen, when you know very well that this will cost you the life of your family? Will you abandon your family to save the lives of others?
=> If I will put myself in Paul's situation, I think, I would help and protect my countrymen as long as I can and as long as I'm living. But first I'm going to ensure my family's safety before I gamble my life. If I die for the sake of others, it will looked like I abandoned my family but truly it's not, because in the situation, I think they will surely understand me why am I going to sacrifice myself just to protect and save others life who only depends on me. It's not that I prefer to die than to live with my family, but I also believe that life lived for others is worth living, like our God who gave His only Son for the sake of us all. God gave me life not just for my family but also for other people. Honestly, Not only your family makes your world but also the other people around you. And I cannot take to see those people struggling and dying then I just do nothing. Especially when I know that i'm the only one who can protect them. I know I cannot save everyone because i'm just only human but somehow, i know i did something I can.
2. In the ensuing violence, the international community and the government was forced to pull its foreign emissaries to safety. This included officials providing aid and relief such as the UN and the Red Cross. Do you think that the government and the international community’s decision to remove its employees from the scene of the fight were ethical, despite the fact that the natives rely on these organizations for aid and protection? Justify your answer using one ethical theory that we’ve discussed in class.
=> It is true that the goverment became selfish about their decision of forcing the foreign emissaries to leave and put