1. How does Tim O’Brien judge himself: hero or coward? Why? Do you agree?

2. List the three necessary requirements of a properly formed conscience. Which of these is apparent in the O’Brien story?

3. Define conscience. Does O’Brien make a decision of conscience?

4. About his decision to go to Vietnam. Would you call it
a) a good moral decision?
b) an example of erroneous conscience?
c) a sin?
d) something else?

5. List the seven criteria for jus ad bellum, going to war. Which of these were part of Tim O’Brien’s thinking about Vietnam not being a just war?

6. List the two criteria for us in bello, for fighting in a war. Evaluate the morality of the U.S. dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima nd Nagasaki.

7. List the Ten Building Blocks of Catholic Social Teaching. Tell whether or not each of these is part of Tim O’Brien’s thinking in his decision about what to do.

8. Was Tim O’Brien a conscientious objector or a selective conscientious objector?

9. If drafted into the Iraq war (like O’Brien in Vietnam), what would you do?

10. Evaluate O'Brien's decision in light of the three sources of morality.

11. List your chosen method of moral decision making: Take each step and tell whether it was part of Tim O'Brien's decision making. If not, would it have helped him?