The Concept of Good Versus Evil
Good vs. Evil
Veronical Joyner
Capella University
PHI 2000
I think that it is in all of us as humans to do right but, at the same time I think that we all can be evil and have been evil at some point and time in our lives whether it was intentional or unintentional. Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill had ideas about good and evil. They both had ideas about how to live your life with having morals.
The characters in this movie represent a mix of good, evil, and the grey area in between. Amy is the embodiment of good, as she wants only to live a simple life void of violence. This is until she is met with the choice of watching her husband die or taking action to save him. Through this difficult decision, she breaks her cultures laws to save the one that she loves. This was, by her morals, an evil action, but was portrayed as a good action in the movie. This to a small extreme was a “Deontologist” action, as Amy felt it was her duty to save her husband regardless of consequence.
Prior to this class I have never heard of a movie (Western) called, “High Noon.” I borrowed the movie from a friend and watched it. After watching this movie I thought that it was almost as good as, “Shane.” (Western) In watching this movie the theorist that we are studying about, theories can be depicted. Kane was the main actor in this movie. He got married to a nice lady (Amy) who I think was full of morals and on the day he got married Kane turned in his police badge and was preparing to leave town. Kane sentenced a man to a number of years in prison. He was told that this man (Frank Miller) would arrive back in the town at 12 noon on the train to seek revenge against him which made him feel compelled that he had to turn around and face his opponent. He was faced with a difficult decision. He had decided in the beginning to separate from his spouse and, I am thinking not because he didn’t love her but, to protect her and keep her out of harm’s way because of what
Veronical Joyner
Capella University
PHI 2000
I think that it is in all of us as humans to do right but, at the same time I think that we all can be evil and have been evil at some point and time in our lives whether it was intentional or unintentional. Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill had ideas about good and evil. They both had ideas about how to live your life with having morals.
The characters in this movie represent a mix of good, evil, and the grey area in between. Amy is the embodiment of good, as she wants only to live a simple life void of violence. This is until she is met with the choice of watching her husband die or taking action to save him. Through this difficult decision, she breaks her cultures laws to save the one that she loves. This was, by her morals, an evil action, but was portrayed as a good action in the movie. This to a small extreme was a “Deontologist” action, as Amy felt it was her duty to save her husband regardless of consequence.
Prior to this class I have never heard of a movie (Western) called, “High Noon.” I borrowed the movie from a friend and watched it. After watching this movie I thought that it was almost as good as, “Shane.” (Western) In watching this movie the theorist that we are studying about, theories can be depicted. Kane was the main actor in this movie. He got married to a nice lady (Amy) who I think was full of morals and on the day he got married Kane turned in his police badge and was preparing to leave town. Kane sentenced a man to a number of years in prison. He was told that this man (Frank Miller) would arrive back in the town at 12 noon on the train to seek revenge against him which made him feel compelled that he had to turn around and face his opponent. He was faced with a difficult decision. He had decided in the beginning to separate from his spouse and, I am thinking not because he didn’t love her but, to protect her and keep her out of harm’s way because of what
References: Kay, C.K. (1997). Deontology. Retrieved article http://webs.wofford.edu/kaycd/ethics Kant, I. (1781). Sommers, C. & Sommers, F. (2010), Vice and Virtue in everyday life: Introductory readings in ethics (8th ed.), Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth. ISBN: 9780495601616. Mill, J.S. (1863). Sommers, C. & Sommers, F. (2010), Vice and Virtue in everyday life: Introductory readings in ethics (8th ed.), Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth. ISBN: 9780495601616.