Morality In The Film Rainmakers

Thomas Jefferson once said that civilized nations arise from morality, not money. Morality is indoctrinated into the fundamental framework of the founding documents of the United States, and requires our justice system to provide fair, and decent enactment of laws. Without a “moral barometer” within the justice system, laws would be created for the benefit of a few, they would not adapt, and many individuals would succumb to unjust litigation. In the film “Rainmaker”, directed by Francis Ford Coppola the morality of lawyers comes into question by the actions of a conniving insurance company that places money, over a moral guideline. The Rainmakers “piece de resistance” is its accurate, and real depiction of how morality is interwoven into the …show more content…
The company would intentionally deny all claims that were brought to its office, and send representative out to contact the clients. Clients would be waiting on their insurance but would repeatedly get denied, while paying for insurance service. In the case of Donny Black he was denied coverage 8 times until his death. The lawyers, knowing of Great Benefits deceptions, still continued to represent them because of their paycheck; and would ”pay off” clients that were attempting to make a claim against the company in court, so they could continue their schemes. Referencing the “sterilized” audio from class, the notion that damages such as death, or the inability to have children can be “payed off” is disheartening. The institution that was sterilizing specific individuals based on their discriminatory perspectives of certain characteristics, should have been immediately halted by our legal system. If society equated life to a fiscal amount, than no justice would be served to individuals who's lives were taken like Donny’s- if perpetrators could “afford”