
He chooses his moral compass over orders, helping the remaining survivors to safety. Most of the soldiers are compliant with these methods except for Sergeant Doyle, one of the rooftop snipers. The main characters aren’t only running away from the infected, but evading the tactics of the military to avoid certain death. The military’s procedures lead them to mass genocide, using snipers, fire bombing and chemical warfare as an attempt to stop the spread.
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Īs it became impossible for infected and survivors to be distinguished through a sniper scope, Code Black was put into effect. As the virus spread, the ultimate choice was made total and utter annihilation. A new zombie outbreak took hold, leaving the civilians defenseless and all the decisions to the military. Once the main characters were established, the military base collapsed. When it seemed that no infected remained, civilians were brought back to live inside a military base. It was at this point, the U.S military came in to dispose of all of the corpses.

Eventually, only a population of infected remained, causing the infected to die of starvation and dehydration. It created a kind of ‘zombie,’ not interested in eating human flesh, but used biting as a means of spreading the virus. Proceduralism rejects moral decisions for some unforeseen ‘greater good.’ The procedures that the U.S military follows in 28 Weeks Later will result in the death of hundreds of people for no visible justification.Ī disease called the rage virus took hold of the population of Europe. Although procedures can be tedious and sacrifice time, energy and livelihood, it instills a system and creates order.

It’s an act of orders over goodness, that the ‘right’ thing to do in the moment is what has been laid out by law or some government power. Defined by the Encyclopedia of Global Justice, proceduralism justifies procedure over making moral choices.
