Reflection A Few Good Men 1. What led Lt. Dan Kaffee to plead not guilty for the two accused marines? Even though Lt. Dan Kaffee has no experience in trial court and always plea his cases out‚ he was convince that there is something not right about the case of two marines that was accused of murder. With the help of other co-lawyer‚ Lt. Commander Jo Galloway and Lt. j.g. Sam Weinberg‚ they find proof about their suspicion. They believe that the two accused marines did not intentionally killed Pfc
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Lance Cpl. Harold Dawson and Pfc. Lowden Downey are taken to court for a murder that they were forced to perform in the film “A Few Good Men.” They were ordered by their superior Colonel to perform a “code red‚” an action that was outlawed by the military many years ago where members of the same squad punish each other for not performing well enough‚ on a weak soldier named William Santiago. However‚ they were not to blame for the murder because disregarding an order from an officer is a crime
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You can’t handle the truth! Son‚ we live in a world that has walls‚ and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who’s gonna do it? You? You‚ Lt. Weinburg? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago‚ and you curse the marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago’s death‚ while tragic‚ probably saved lives. And my existence‚ while grotesque and incomprehensible to you‚ saves lives. You don’t want the
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A Few Good Men As a civilian‚ many take for granted a lot of choices and decisions that they have the opportunity to make everyday. They usually look down upon them as inconveniences and everyday annoyances. I used to do the same thing‚ but then I went to boot camp. There are many differences between being a civilian and being in the military. However there are some surprising similarities. Most civilians have a warped concept of the changes incurred by enlisting. Many of these discrepancies are
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A Few Good Men is a 1992 American drama film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Tom Cruise‚ Jack Nicholson‚ and Demi Moore. It was adapted for the screen by Aaron Sorkin from his play of the same name. A courtroom drama‚ the film revolves around the court martial of two U.S. Marinescharged with the murder of a fellow Marine and the tribulations of their lawyer as he prepares a case to defend his clients. Lieutenant Junior Grade Daniel "Danny" Kaffee (Tom Cruise) is an inexperienced U.S. Navy Judge
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that is earned through deeds and reputation. But‚ what is honor‚ and how does one receive it? Honor is like many things that are hard to put into words. Along with that‚ honor can be totally different‚ depending on your perspective. In the play‚ A Few Good Men‚ there is a central theme based around honor‚ who is doing right and who is doing wrong. The definitions of honor accepted by each person are so outstandingly conflicting that the play analyzes what honor is and at what cost is honor worth obtaining
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To what degree should people follow orders of superiors due to their authority? A Few Good Men is a movie where the moral difference between right and wrong is very unclear in the name of following authority. Professors of sociology‚ Kelman and Hamilton worked together on “The My Lai Massacre: A Military Crime of Obedience” where they tried to apply reason to the soldiers who committed a massacre of unarmed women and children during the Vietnam War. Theodore Dalrymple is a physician who wrote “Just
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A few good men starring Jack Nicholson Tom Cruise and Demi Moore is about ethic in the marines. Many characters in the movie are faced with moral dillemas Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholsons characters are faced with moral dillemas. The movie is about two marines who are accused of murdering there fellow officer‚ during the incestigation it is discovered that there is a practice called “code red” this is a unethical and unofficial disciplinary measure by the marine squad when a member goes against the
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has known that her ex-husband is a snake and will do everything he can to stay in control of her life. This was very common at the time. Women did not have a lot of power and then men they were married too made every decision about their life. Hildy tells Walter about how poorly he treated her and why he was not a good husband. She mentions that she is leaving the newspaper and wants to have a family and be a woman. Walter continues to tell her that she can never truly leave the newspaper because
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wanton perpetrators of evil‚ Phillip Zimbardo brilliantly explains in his novel The Lucifer Effect (Zimbardo 157). Dehumanization plays a key role in the military‚ whether it be utilized concerning the enemy or regarding America’s own troops. In A Few Good Men‚ Downey and Dawson did not have the privilege of being able to refer to Santiago as a person‚ they simply were ordered to perform a “code red” on a dissatisfactory marine. Zimbardo accounts for Dawson and Downey’s acts by elucidating that dehumanization
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