Titanic Forgiveness

In the case of the Titanic i would forgive the captain because he had no idea that there was an ice-berg ahead, even though they knew they were ahead. I would not forgive any of the crew who got on life boats and left with them half full. I would forgive the people on the boats who didn't go back for the drowning people because they were probably almost frozen to death and couldn't think properly

A Soldiers Forgiveness

In the case of the soldier who followed his commanders orders and kills an unarmed mother and child, the soldier committed a terrible crime. He or she, did not use there moral senses or code of ethics in the situation. Even if the commander said  he/she was going to kill me if I didn't kill the mother and child. I would think of my family. I would rather be dead or in jail than alive with the burden of knowing I killed innocent people.