"The Moral Logic of Survivor Guilt" by Nancy Sherman

"The Moral Logic of Survivor Guilt" by Nancy Sherman

Please have your textbook open to page 153.

Multiple Select

What words in paragraph 1 show opposites or a contrast. (Choose all that apply.)

• odds

• while

• gratefulness

• struggling

Fill in the Blanks

"Thoughts that you could have or should have done otherwise, though in fact you did nothing wrong" (153) are called

.

Open Ended

Other than soldiers, what other group of people or type of situation may cause the feeling of guilt?

Open Ended

In paragraph 4, why does the author feel that subjective guilt is thought to be irrational?

Fill in the Blanks

When you act deliberately to harm someone or could have prevented harm from happening but didn't, this is called

guilt.

(subjective or objective)

Open Ended

In paragraph 6, why does the writer focus on defining what it means to be a good person?

Fill in the Blanks

Refer to the text: "Survivor guilt [tracks] a moral significance that is broader than moral action . . . Aristotle states that '

is concerned with emotions and actions; to have good character is to "hit the mean" with respect to both'" (Sherman 154).

Open Ended

What do you think Aristotle means when he says "hit the mean" with respect to both emotions and actions?

Multiple Select

Look at paragraph 7: What details suggest survivor guilt may be more connected to chivalric codes of honor and dishonor rather than military duty and failure to do one's duty? Choose all that apply.

• feelings of guilt and responsibility

• feelings of having betrayed fellow soldiers

• hold intact the bond that enables them to fight

• love

Poll

The details described in paragraph 7 help me infer that ___________________________________________.

• armies are held together by something more powerful than military discipline and duty.

• it is difficult it be in the military.

• higher ranked officers don't feel as responsible.

• the officers' dedication originates not in duty or obedience to orders, but in love.

Open Ended

What is the central message or main idea of Sherman's editorial "The Moral Logic of Survivor Guilt"?

Open Ended

How does the choice to include Capt. John Prior's quote add weight or significance to Sherman's editorial and message? (Page 156)

Open Ended

In your own words, define survivor guilt.

Poll

In a survival situation, does it make sense to feel guilty that you survived when others did not?

• Yes

• NO