Answer to Question #243772 in Political Science for Miss m

Question

 Indication backed with justifications of which ethical decision making strategy that you

think guided the Melians and Athenians respectively in their decision-making.

Answer 1

The Athenians adopted a technique known as Select the Decision Criteria, in which they presented the Melians with a choice: submit and pay tribute to Athens, or be annihilated. The Athenians don't want to waste time debating the situation's morality since, in actuality, might makes right—or, as they put it, "the powerful do what they can, and the weak endure what they must."