"Emerald Forest" & "Peace Child"

Compare and contrast Don Richardson's behavior in the "Peace Child" case study with the kidnapping of Tommé by the Invisible People in "The Emerald Forest."

1. Who were the key actors and what did they do?
2. What choices did they make and what justification did they make for them (explicitly or implicitly)?
3. Who did these choices involve or affect?
4. Were there any people you think should have had a say in these decisions but did not?
5. What do you think is the best argument for justifying Don Richardson's behavior in the "Peace Child" case? What are your assumptions and conclusions? What mode of ethical reasoning are you using?
6. What do you think is the best argument for justifying the chief's kidnapping of Tommé in "The Emerald Forest"? What are your assumptions and conclusions? What mode of ethical reasoning are you using?
7. What do you think is the best argument against the moral propriety of Don Richardson's behavior in the "Peace Child" case? What are your assumptions and conclusions? What mode of ethical reasoning are you using?
8. What do you think is the best argument against the moral propriety of the chief's behavior in "The Emerald Forest"? What are your assumptions and conclusions? What mode of ethical reasoning are you using?
9. What do you see as the religious and ethical implications of these two sets of behaviors?
   1. For example, do you see any implications in terms of parental authority?
   2. How about "cultural imperialism" (i.e., the imposition of the norms and attitudes of one culture on persons of another culture)?
   3. What about the potential for religious syncretism (i.e., the combining of religious beliefs/practices from one religious with those of another)?
   4. Others?