Reverend+Hale

Reverend Hale

===“—cleave to no faith when faith brings blood. It is mistaken law that leads you to sacrifice. Life, woman, life is God’s most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it.” (132 Miller) === ===“I thought, sir, to put some questions to ask the Christian character of this house, if you will permit me.” (64) ===
 * 1) ===He is defiantly in the philosophy of Justice/Fairness because he is part of the Justice system. At the beginning of the play we believe he is more Egoist because he feels full of himself since he is playing such a big role in the witch trials. He then shifts to being a Utilitarianism because he is trying to convert the souls back rather than hang them which I the more moral thing to do even if the Devil was in Salem or not. ===
 * 2) ===“If you think God wills you to raise rebellion, Mr. Danforth, you are mistaken!” (130) ===

===3.He would answer differently between both parts of the book. In the first part of the book he would have answered that personal integrity is more important than survival because he wants everyone to be such a “good” Christian. In the second part he understands that faith takes you sometimes to a path that can not be taken, the taking of your life. ===