In the 1995 movie Seven, which portrays a serial killer John Doe, who is killing people in relationship to the seven deadly sins of the bible. John Doe is leading police detectives Mills, and Somerset around in a cat and mouse chase. While young and relentless Det. Mills, is partnered up with soon to retire Det. Somerset, who is fed up with the world and just wants to move to farm and retire. The movie takes many turns and in the end which will seem to be a surprise to an all too well-planned out finish by John Doe and Det. Mills. In Michael J. Sanders book Justice: What’s the right thing to do? One could see how both Det. Mill’s and John Doe’s actions are in question to by using Aristotle’s theory of “Who deserves what?” I plan to show how Aristotle’s theory of Who Deserves What is used in the movie by how he uses the purposes of Telos, Honorific and Deserves, bring together the book and movie in one overall understanding, who deserves to die.
Under Aristotle’s Who deserves what theory, Sandel’s book explains what is meant by Aristotle, “Justice is teleological, which defines rights …show more content…
Is how John Doe’s has used Aristotle’s theory of Justice is Telos. One could argue what is right and who deserves what but with Telos, to what extent is it just to kill someone and is it ethical. John Doe knows he is going to die and has chosen to die. Det. Mills has to make a decision, and we all know what that decision is going to be to kill John Doe. Even John Doe knows he is going to die. One could guess that if anyone needs to die after what John Doe has done to Det. Mill’s wife and unborn child are deserved. If anyone is going to die by using Telos, it would be John Doe. Under Aristotle’s theory, and in the book explaining Justice, It only makes sense. In the end Det. Mills does kill John Doe, and it puts into perspective an understanding of Telos, the purpose, end, or essential nature of the
Under Aristotle’s Who deserves what theory, Sandel’s book explains what is meant by Aristotle, “Justice is teleological, which defines rights …show more content…
Is how John Doe’s has used Aristotle’s theory of Justice is Telos. One could argue what is right and who deserves what but with Telos, to what extent is it just to kill someone and is it ethical. John Doe knows he is going to die and has chosen to die. Det. Mills has to make a decision, and we all know what that decision is going to be to kill John Doe. Even John Doe knows he is going to die. One could guess that if anyone needs to die after what John Doe has done to Det. Mill’s wife and unborn child are deserved. If anyone is going to die by using Telos, it would be John Doe. Under Aristotle’s theory, and in the book explaining Justice, It only makes sense. In the end Det. Mills does kill John Doe, and it puts into perspective an understanding of Telos, the purpose, end, or essential nature of the