Is it reasonable to expect someone to retain moral judgement in intolerable circumstances?

Question

During the Civil War, Union soldiers captured by Rebels were taken to Andersonville, a prison camp with extremely harsh conditions. There was a group of Union soldiers called the Raiders who robbed and murdered other Union soldiers. With their conditions of having no food or water, should they still have retained moral judgement?

Answer 1

To answer your 1st question;
No, we should be impressed with their moral fortitude and pray that we are never put to the test.
2nd Q; Yes, they should have retained their moral judgment, and do we blame them or the people that put them in that situation.

Answer 2

It is exctly under intolerable circumstances that you need to retain moral judgement.

Read the log of Captain Bligh of the bounty. He was a total jerk as a captain and was set adrift in an open boat when the crew mutinied. He traveled something like 1600 miles in like 6 weeks with almost no food and water, in a row boat with a few loyal crew.

He and the entire crew survived, primarily because he acted in his position as captain in a moral and courageous manner.

Don't like the guy but have to admire him for this.

Answer 3

In difficult circumstances, morality becomes a "luxury" few people can afford. That's why when a given Society breaks down- morality is among the FIRST things to go...

Answer 4

yes,thats excately when its needed most.