Morality and Ethics Quotes in The Death Cure

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #4

"I watched as that kid died. In his last few seconds there was pure terror in his eyes. You can't do that. You can't do that to a person." (20.46)

Oh, but WICKED did do that to Chuck. Thomas's pain here reveals how traumatizing it was for him to watch his best friend die—and how purely unethical it was for WICKED to have Chuck killed.

Quote #5

"I don't think there is a right or wrong anymore... Only horrible and not-quite-so-horrible." (22.25)

Refer to our "Why Should I Care?" section, folks. The choice between right and wrong doesn't seem to apply to Thomas and his friends anymore—they've just got a choice between wrong and more wrong. These situations are very real, and can be the absolute worst.

Quote #6

"I heard that one of the Psychs designed the interaction to be a Variable not just for you and the Gladers who witnessed it, but... but also for Chuck during his last few moments." (24.7)

Now that's just pure evil. Need to find an example of the most unethical Variable? Here it is.