Seaman Holmes

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The paper discusses the story of Seaman Holmes. The writer proposes that his story is tragic because, while it relates mostly to the lives that were lost at sea, it also is a case in which one individual was condemned as responsible for death, and this will be knowledge that he will keep with him for life. The writer argues that, while some during the time of the trial attempted to state that Holmes acted out of a desire for his own life to continue, it is evident from the story that Holmes acted with moral and amoral reasoning, always attempting to consider what was best for all aboard the boats. The paper further explains that, through moral reasoning, Holmes made the decision, with the sinking of the ship, which people's lives had to be saved. Holmes, placing the welfare of the passengers above his own, began to aid people to safety.

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