Evaluation:
Published: 24.05.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Gentlemen, Your Verdict', 1.
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Grade: 10/13
<Tab/><Tab/>Gentlemen, your Verdict
<Tab/>This is a story about decisions. The result of this decision was the death of fifteen crew members. A decision made by one person to end the lives of fifteen men to save five.
<Tab/>What would you do if you were the lieutenant of a submarine and you had to decide the fate of your crew? I don't think that I could make the same decision that Lieutenant-Commander Oram made.
<Tab/>After the submarine rested on a sandbank, about thirty fathoms down, it was time to asses…

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