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To Kill a Mockingbird Morality and Ethics Quotes Page 4
Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
| Quote #10 "I never heard tell that it's against the law for a citizen to do his utmost to prevent a crime from being committed, which is exactly what he did, but maybe you'll say it's my duty to tell the town all about it and not hush it up. Know what'd happen then? All the ladies in Maycomb includin' my wife'd be knocking on his door bringing angel food cakes. To my way of thinkin', Mr. Finch, taking the one man who's done you and this town a great service an' draggin' him with his shy ways into the limelight – to me, that's a sin. It's a sin and I'm not about to have it on my head. If it was any other man, it'd be different. But not this man, Mr. Finch." (30.62) |
The law is silent, or at least only whispers quietly, about this situation, so the conflict is on a moral level rather than a legal one. Atticus thinks about the right of the community to know, while Tate is more concerned about Boo’s right to privacy. In the end, Atticus gives in to Tate’s argument that Boo’s individual rights trump the interest of the community – and it probably doesn’t hurt that the community would mostly approve of what Boo did anyway.
