The last class we had this week we discussed about the movie Devil's Advocate, out came the problem of what was the way to judge whether an act was good or bad. Some suggested that the results, and other than by the intentions, my view was that the results, because sometimes, a move that at first appears bad, in the long run is good, or vice versa, so the trial about her change.
To illustrate this I quote the following story:
"A man came (...) to perform at the palace of the Prophet Solomon, his face pale and colorless lips. (...)
-Azrael, the angel of death, I was directed a look impressive, full of anger. Send the wind, please I beg youor take me to India to make but my body and my soul!
Solomon had, therefore, the wind to do what he asked the man. And the next day, the prophet asked Azrael:
- Why have you taken a look so disturbing that man (...)? (...)
Azrael said
"He misunderstood my eyes. Do not look in anger, but with astonishment. God, indeed, had ordered me to go and take his life in India, and I said: How could I, unless it had wings, move to India? "(Jalal Al-Din Rumi, Persian fable, XIII century .)
Following what we have seen in class, in this story the main action that could be assessed is that of Solomon to send men to India, his intention was that the man lived, his beliefuent / mini / salomon.htm
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