“Gone Baby Gone”
“Gone Baby Gone” is a mystery film masterfully directed by Ben Affleck, an actor and a screenwriter. The kidnapping story set in the criminal districts of Boston depicts the characters and their neighborhoods as backward and appalling. At the very beginning of the film, we find out that Amanda McCready, a little girl, has gone. Thus, her aunt and uncle decide to involve two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, into the police investigation of the girl missing. Meanwhile, Amanda’s drug-addicted mother does not skip any episode of Jerry Springer Show, even though her child has disappeared. Along with the two policemen, the private detectives begin to suspect the whole criminal enterprise behind the girl missing. …show more content…
Kant’s theory is based on the moral law and duty as an action that should be treated respectfully. By ‘moral dilemma’ we understand the heart-wrenching decision that carries strong intuitive and emotional weight and can lead to a failure of duty (Garlikov 2). This action is influenced by the individual’s desire to act within the principles of the duty. Immanuel Kant explains that an individual can only do the right thing for the right reason, even though acting on duty is not always sufficient, as it can lead a person to do the right thing for the wrong reason. Acting from duty is the only justification what makes this law absolute and universal. Moreover, as long as the moral law does not depend on our desires, it consists of what is called ‘categorical imperatives’ in Kant’s philosophical works (Gakuran …show more content…
However, we cannot be sure enough that Patrick is able to take a rational decision. Basically, Kant’s absolute theory gives us an idea that an individual is not allowed to choose which duty is more desirable and morality based even if he follows strong rationality principles. In fact, it depends on how a person accepts these duties. In Patrick’s prescriptive, he knows that he gave a promise to Helen and he has to do it, as he believes this is the right duty. Such moral obligation cannot be universal; we aim at doing things considered by the society as morally right. Thus, Patrick can easily hold a wrong decision to do the right things, or a right reason to do the wrong things ("Kant's Moral Philosophy - Gakuranman"
“Gone Baby Gone” is a mystery film masterfully directed by Ben Affleck, an actor and a screenwriter. The kidnapping story set in the criminal districts of Boston depicts the characters and their neighborhoods as backward and appalling. At the very beginning of the film, we find out that Amanda McCready, a little girl, has gone. Thus, her aunt and uncle decide to involve two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, into the police investigation of the girl missing. Meanwhile, Amanda’s drug-addicted mother does not skip any episode of Jerry Springer Show, even though her child has disappeared. Along with the two policemen, the private detectives begin to suspect the whole criminal enterprise behind the girl missing. …show more content…
Kant’s theory is based on the moral law and duty as an action that should be treated respectfully. By ‘moral dilemma’ we understand the heart-wrenching decision that carries strong intuitive and emotional weight and can lead to a failure of duty (Garlikov 2). This action is influenced by the individual’s desire to act within the principles of the duty. Immanuel Kant explains that an individual can only do the right thing for the right reason, even though acting on duty is not always sufficient, as it can lead a person to do the right thing for the wrong reason. Acting from duty is the only justification what makes this law absolute and universal. Moreover, as long as the moral law does not depend on our desires, it consists of what is called ‘categorical imperatives’ in Kant’s philosophical works (Gakuran …show more content…
However, we cannot be sure enough that Patrick is able to take a rational decision. Basically, Kant’s absolute theory gives us an idea that an individual is not allowed to choose which duty is more desirable and morality based even if he follows strong rationality principles. In fact, it depends on how a person accepts these duties. In Patrick’s prescriptive, he knows that he gave a promise to Helen and he has to do it, as he believes this is the right duty. Such moral obligation cannot be universal; we aim at doing things considered by the society as morally right. Thus, Patrick can easily hold a wrong decision to do the right things, or a right reason to do the wrong things ("Kant's Moral Philosophy - Gakuranman"