“Can we not convict and yet mitigate the penalty?” CompassionThe Exceptionalist State Book:Billy Budd and Other Tales Source: Billy Budd and Other Tales
“We proceed under the law of the Mutiny Act. In feature no child can resemble his father more than that Act resembles in spirit the thing from which it derives--War.” CompassionDeontologyThe Exceptionalist State Book:Billy Budd and Other Tales Source: Billy Budd and Other Tales