Jeremy Renner

into the middle of the Iraq War. Nonetheless, a setting does not make a movie. Bigelow’s approach to the film is to direct the audience not to the obvious conflict going on but the characters and how they relate to the conflict. While the overall message describes how soldiers can become in a way, addicted, to war, she could have very easily made a completely different film of the same effect. Instead of a war and soldiers, the film could have presented a group of notorious, successful bank robbers. It is not out of the realm of possibility to assume a criminal could go beyond their crime for the external reward. They may be so good at what they do that they become dependent on it from an emotional standpoint. In the same vein, James (Jeremy Renner) from The Hurt Locker becomes detached from the pain and suffering caused by war. Instead, he relies on his job in the military to simply function normally. Perhaps his greatest flaw and the main crux of the narrative is his inability to distance himself as just a soldier fighting for his country. Whether it is his conditioning that made him that way or if he simply cannot control himself, this flaw is what distinguishes this film from being a bland and boring film. The action sequences may still be present, but without his flaw, the film becomes nothing more than a sort of fictional documentary. James would no longer be human. Rather, he would become almost robotic in his actions and words. The audience would be able to easily…

Every day, we as humans, face tasks that we must come to a decision on whether we are going to do what is morally right, or for the better for the greatest amount of people. Utilitarianism is the action that is best, which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers (100). This may be helpful for short term tasks and requirements, but in the long run always choosing the action that benefits everyone would ultimately hold people back. I will discuss both sides to utilitarianism, how…

Utilitarianism is a consequentialist moral theory, where actions are judged right or wrong solely by virtue of their consequences which was introduced by Jeremy Bentham and later carried out by John Stuart Mill (Kemerling,2011). In regards to the consequences the only importance is the amount of happiness or unhappiness that was produced. In regards to utilitarianism it is believed that everyone counts as one, and no one counts as less or more than another person. And that a person should do…

Sympathy For Living, From The Dead To our knowledge the modern zombie has no consciousness, it’s somewhere in between alive and dead, walking around with a need to feed on human flesh with no parallel to the person the body used to belong to. Mike Carey’s zombie is much different, Nick is essentially still conscious but no longer eats, breaths or sleeps and his existence is basically meaningless. The story revels how this man, a stockbroker with no sense of community or companionship finds…

“The best way to protect yourself is to be as fluid and formless as water.” One of my favorite quotes begins, “Never bet on stability or lasting order. Everything and everyone can change.” This is a simple quote until one actually tries to apply it to life. When betrayal becomes a factor in a relationship, it should be easy to leave said relationship behind. However, leaving someone is always easier said than done when love is involved, despite the fact that the relationship causes more harm…

‘Funniest Security Camera Moments of All Time’ from America’s Funniest Home Videos uses found footage comedies to define our modern day visual culture. Through the opportunity of profit, loss of individualization and disengagement of freedom, we as a visual culture have sacrificed these components of our everyday for a few laughs. Ultimately, due to the panoptic order in entertainment, our desire for visual culture is defined. Much like Foucault’s theory, the panoptic order of America’s…

In certain extracts of John Stuart Mill’s “Utilitarianism,” he argues, “that the only ends of human life are pleasure and the avoidance of pain, so that anything else is bound ultimately to turn in some way on these ends” (Mill 127). Essentially this means that Mill believes that pleasure and the avoidance of pain are the guiding source when it comes to making decisions regarding moral dilemmas. This claim also involves stating that utility is the ultimate source for decision making. Utility is…

What is a moral? A moral is the consideration between right and wrong and the goodness and badness of the human character. For more than two thousand years the question has been about the basis of morality. There are different ways to look at moral including the theory of Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism while it emphasizes the upside of life, it ignores the downsides of life. This way of decision making has a greater impact in life and morals than just the moral choices made in a Utilitarianism…

The topic of the death penalty has been considered a controversial issue for over two hundred years. Numerous public figures, world leaders, and renowned philosophers have made their opinions and theories known; yet, there is no universally accepted answer to whether or not capital punishment is morally and lawfully permissible. Despite hundreds of years of discrepancies, philosophers John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant seem to agree with many aspects of the death penalty. Through the…

is even a small chance that irreversible damage may be done to these locations, making them less desirable to visit. In short, if this moral rule were adopted, companies and countries would experience a gain in the short term. However, those short term gains are outweighed by the potential negative consequences that would come from widespread acceptance of this moral rule. Therefore, Rule Utilitarianism would rule this unethical. The other utilitarian theory is Act Utilitarianism.…