On the gruesome day of September 11th, when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and the pentagon, the U.S. military air defense command received information from the Federal Aviation Administration that a U.S. airliner was hijacked and diverting course towards Washington thirteen minutes before it actually crashed into the pentagon. After receiving this information, two F-16 fighter jets were immediately on route towards the hijacked airliner. They took off from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia ten minutes after the air defense command received this notice. However, the two fighter jets were too late and three minutes after take off, the American Airlines Boeing 757 crashed into the pentagon. This and the tragic event of the World trade center left over 5,000 American citize

Among the various point of views that would disagree with president Bush’s decision to shot down any airliners entering Washington would be the Deontological perspective. Unlike utilitarianism, which states that its goal is to promote the maximum amount of pleasure regardless of any circumstances, the deontological point of view implies the limits to take into consideration when making a decision. The deontological theory says that morality involves certain constraints. These constraints would minimize a person's selection of possible solutions. In this case, the major constraint if viewed by a deontological perspective would be not to kill. If Bush were to make a decision based on this theory, he would not be permitted to make the choice that he did. In fact, it would be seen as morally wrong and would be rejected.

lity. Do we (society) have the right to decide whether or not who lives and who dies? Do we have the right to play God? Bush’s decision may correspond to one perspective but not all.

ns dead. After these horrific events occurred, pentagon spokesman Craig Quigley stated that the rules, which U.S. military pilots follow, are b

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