The following is an analysis of three scenes from recent films that raise philosophical questions in today’s society. These questions can be answered in numerous ways, none of which are incorrect, since everyone has a different standpoint on things. Think about the answer to these questions yourself, and how you interpret them, and how they could be interpreted differently than your answer.
The first scene I am going to analyze is from the film The Revenant (2015) starring Leonardo Dicaprio. This summary of this scene is a bit extensive, so bear with me. This scene in particular consists of four characters. Leonardo’s character’s name is Hugh Glass, who takes an orphaned Indian child under his wing and considers him as his own son, whose …show more content…
I know it isn’t as recent as the other two films, but it raises a great philosophical question. The scene starts with The Joker sitting in an interrogation room, where the lights turn on and Batman sneaks up behind him and slams his head into the table. The joker replies with a smart remark, and batman slams his fist into The Joker 's hand on the table. Batman continues to ask the question, “Where’s Dent?” The Joker, who must be numb to pain, continues to play mind games with Batman until he finally cracks and tells him what he wants. The philosophical question raised is an interesting one. Is it okay to torture someone to get answers to something? For example, should the US government be torturing terrorists to get answers out of them? A bit of slapping around obviously won’t hurt anyone, but what if they will only give the needed answers if you drive them mentally insane or draw blood? Put yourself in the situation of an undercover agent being interrogated by another country’s military that your country is at war with. They will let you free, but only if you give them info that will put your country in danger. They will make it a very slow and tortuous death if you don’t give them answers. Is this okay to do? If torture is the ONLY way someone will give answers to info that you need to keep you and your people in good hands, I do believe it is necessary. Like I said earlier, my philosophy is that everyone on this earth is alone, and can only trust themselves. The only person truly worth benefitting is yourself. If it means causing pain to another person to keep yourself safe, I believe it is worth it. Think about it, if someone had the code to stop a bomb that is going to kill millions, but they won’t tell anyone what the code is, is it necessary to inflict massive pain for them to give the answer? I think
The first scene I am going to analyze is from the film The Revenant (2015) starring Leonardo Dicaprio. This summary of this scene is a bit extensive, so bear with me. This scene in particular consists of four characters. Leonardo’s character’s name is Hugh Glass, who takes an orphaned Indian child under his wing and considers him as his own son, whose …show more content…
I know it isn’t as recent as the other two films, but it raises a great philosophical question. The scene starts with The Joker sitting in an interrogation room, where the lights turn on and Batman sneaks up behind him and slams his head into the table. The joker replies with a smart remark, and batman slams his fist into The Joker 's hand on the table. Batman continues to ask the question, “Where’s Dent?” The Joker, who must be numb to pain, continues to play mind games with Batman until he finally cracks and tells him what he wants. The philosophical question raised is an interesting one. Is it okay to torture someone to get answers to something? For example, should the US government be torturing terrorists to get answers out of them? A bit of slapping around obviously won’t hurt anyone, but what if they will only give the needed answers if you drive them mentally insane or draw blood? Put yourself in the situation of an undercover agent being interrogated by another country’s military that your country is at war with. They will let you free, but only if you give them info that will put your country in danger. They will make it a very slow and tortuous death if you don’t give them answers. Is this okay to do? If torture is the ONLY way someone will give answers to info that you need to keep you and your people in good hands, I do believe it is necessary. Like I said earlier, my philosophy is that everyone on this earth is alone, and can only trust themselves. The only person truly worth benefitting is yourself. If it means causing pain to another person to keep yourself safe, I believe it is worth it. Think about it, if someone had the code to stop a bomb that is going to kill millions, but they won’t tell anyone what the code is, is it necessary to inflict massive pain for them to give the answer? I think