The Deceiving Spy

In this essay, i will examine scenarios in the novel American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson where ethical selection was applied. More specifically i will dive into the lives of Marie…. and Daniel slater, as well as the cause and effect of the type of ethics they used. Disregarding morals, the ethical decisions these characters have made did not necessarily correlate to their personalities rather to the environmental situations they faced, furthermore we will look at the scenes in which virtue ethics caused Marie to shoot Slater and the utilitarianism ethic that caused Slater to insinuate Marie to kill Thomas Sanakara via syringe.
 

Marie is a dark skin woman who joined the FBI in a misogynistic era. Following her suspension from the FBI she was approached by Cia agent Ed Ross who persuaded her into joining his task force in Burkina Faso to take down Thomas Sankara and any possible communist takeover, in exchange she wanted a conversation with Daniel Slater who was a past lover of her beloved deceased sister Helene. … to be continued