They're playing selection games, which are opticratic and surrogativeOnly occurred to me last night that the French captain instantly turns this deception back on him by disguising that (lieutenant's?) corpse as the captain. Not the same trick but very similar.
Por que no los dosThis calls for a poll: lads vs dudes
Discussion Points
- Did Mr Calamy do the right thing by making the decision for Mr Hollom by ordering the ship to beat to quarters? (Time Log: 0h:6m)
- Do you think that CAPT Aubrey thought that Mr Hollom had done the right thing? (Time Log: 0h:7m)
- Why did CAPT Aubrey bring the book about Lord Nelson to Mr Blakeney? (Time Log: 0h25m)
- Why did CAPT Aubrey personally cut the man overboard away? (Time Log: 0h:52m)
- Why did CAPT Aubrey hand the man overboard’s cousin the axe to help him? (Time Log: 0h:52m)
- In his words for Mr Hollom, CAPT Aubrey blamed all of them for his death, was he (CAPT Aubrey) to blame? (Time Log: 1h:25m)
- Did CAPT Aubrey stop pursuit of the enemy ship and take the doctor back to land because he was his friend? (Time Log: 1h:29m)
- Why does CAPT Aubrey put up with Killick’s poor attitude and rude behaviour?
- What were Mr Hollom’s faults as a leader?
- How could Mr Hollom’s faults have been overcome?
A key part of good decision theory is a certain deontological, what we could call "probabilistically consequentialist," attitude to what is the correct course of action, where the actual outcome has little or no influence on whether a decision was right or wrong
- Did Mr Calamy do the right thing by making the decision for Mr Hollom by ordering the ship to beat to quarters? (Time Log: 0h:6m)
- Do you think that CAPT Aubrey thought that Mr Hollom had done the right thing? (Time Log: 0h:7m)