Write a 2 page essay on Philosophy: Intrioduction to ethics: on the personal values of the characters discussed in into that darkness.Both Bau and Franz had peculiar set of ethical codes. Despite bein

Write a 2 page essay on Philosophy: Intrioduction to ethics: on the personal values of the characters discussed in into that darkness.

Both Bau and Franz had peculiar set of ethical codes. Despite being a prisoner, Bau helped his enemies in keeping the killing machines running (Sereny, 17). On the other hand, Franz distanced himself from the actual killing processes, but organized execution of the processes. Personally, I consider both characters as having tried to do the right thing in the Treblinka camp.

Apparently, one central value held by Franz was deception. Franz admired the value of deception and concealment of evil in helping the Jews prisoners deal with horrors of the camp. When he arrived at Treblinka camp, Franz admitted that bodies of dead Jews littered the streets. After commencing duties as the commander, Franz ordered that Treblinka should be reorganized to become attractive. When fresh groups of Jewish prisoners were delivered into the camp, Franz would mask the imminent face of death by letting soldiers dressed in deceptive lab coats to welcome the prisoners (Sereny, 18). Franz extended his value of deception into distancing himself from contact with Jewish prisoners, and using white attire as tools of deception. Unlike Franz, Bau voluntarily assisted in reducing the pain of death awaiting Jew prisoners. Bau offered a hand in facilitating execution of evil against his own people. In the gassing chambers, Bau and other prisoners would work in shifts in organizing and directing women and children into the chambers (Sereny, 25). In this context, Bau valued to helping in the pain of death.

Based on the analysis of ethical values held by Franz, it emerges that this survivor of Treblinka camp was a relativist. Franz’s predecessor was termed as incompetent in managing the Treblinka camp. However, Franz perfected the art of mass murder through deception. Conventionally, deception or concealment of truth is perceived as morally wrong (Jones and Hayward, 17). However, Franz believed that the use