Samantha Marie Dexter (J15019130); Ng Yew Ming; Low Ker Ann; Loi Su Wen; Low Yi Chean Mr. Adriel Wong PHL3100 21 July 2017 An Ethical Analysis of Minority Report Does John Anderton have freedom of will, the ability to make free choices despite the influences of his heredity or his environment? Does anybody? What does it matter for the criminal justice system whether or not we have the capacity to choose our action freely? Explain. The ethical theory in this question has to do with freedom and determinism. Are the people in this movie totally free or are they totally determined? Or is it a matter of degree of freedom and determinism. It is important to answer these questions first before a conclusion can be made for this section. Determinism …show more content…
They would say that the fact that there is hardly any deviation from the future the Pre-Cogs see means that something in the past, some uncontrollable event, caused people to commit that act and they have no choice in the matter …show more content…
Yes, John almost pulled the trigger himself. It can be said he was led to that act because of a single uncontrollable past event: the kidnapping and probable murder of his son. However, and this is the most important point, he stopped. He chose not to murder Crow. He had a chance to murder Crow and he knew, at the time, Crow was guilty. He also had the emotional burden of his lost son pushing him on. The only thing stopping John was himself. His own self. It is impossible to know exactly what went through John’s mind, but at the end of the day, John made a choice to not go down the path opened to him. He made a new path, one where the truth came to light and he avoided murdering an innocent man. True, Crow ended up killing himself anyways, but at the end of the day, John did not willingly pull the trigger. This makes all the difference in the world. So, because of this one defining moment in the movie, it can be said that yes, John is free, but that freedom is limited. Uncontrollable past events led him 75% down that path, but that last 25% was up to him. Would he or would he not take the final step? The decision was his and his
John is really stubborn when it comes to living up to his name to the point of death. John has no
...le, abuse, pregnancy, money, accusations, sex, love, relationships, death, family and disagreements. These issues can be supported by scenes from the film but we could fail to appreciate the rest of this document. These statements are easily supported when viewing the film.
John is selfless because he is looking for a heart for is son,committed to his family despite their less than ideal life. He never intended to shoot the hostages and he never had any bullets in the gun.was john choosing the right method to save his son no, he did not,though he thought it was he tried to get the money that they needed by: selling off his possessions, tried to find a job that paid more money and had better insurance plans, church donations, media the time was ticking to get his son on the donor list.
John's decision to commit suicide was the right thing to do to make Ann happy. John thought that killing himself would make it easier for her to stay with Steven, who he thinks that she loves. John made a decision about his own life so he has the right to choose to kill himself. He also just wants Ann to be happy. He is "naively proud of Ann. He had bewildered by it once, her caring for a dull-witted fellow like him: then assured al last of her affection he had relaxed against it gratefully, unsuspecting it might ever be less constant than his own." (Pg.49) In John's mind he was making the right decision, so he was free to make it.
The purpose of this essay is to present an in depth review on a historic figure named Jonh Trudell. This essay will consist of John Trudell's general background, what groups and organizations he associated himself with throughout his lifetime, and the impact he has had for thousands of people. Reasons why such a person is significant includes being courages, having a strong motive to fight for what they believe in, possessing the will power to push through any adversity that may be placed upon them. John Trudell has these characteristics and it will be seen why throught this essay beginning with his general background.
Poetry can portray very visual imagery, so sometimes simple attention to the format of the poem can convey a lot, since imaginations are often stirred by a poem’s visual presentation. In, “Looking for a Friend in a Crowd of Arriving Passengers: A Sonnet,” by Billy Collins, the same line, “Not John Whalen.” is repeated continuously on thirteen separate lines throughout the poem, providing a visual display of a single individual waiting for a friend, as disembarking passengers file past him one by one. Through the use of word omission, a three-word, simple sentence structure and repetition, in the poem “Looking for a Friend in a Crowd of Arriving Passengers: A Sonnet,” Billy Collins conveys the understanding that he is searching a crowd.
It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is,” (86). With this in mind, everything in life is left up to fate; there is no chance at free will because every moment is already a moment and no one is capable of changing that.
have any freedom because he was always there. John acts as if he knows what the
humanism. Almost everyone is dead by the end of the film, yet it is neither
John’s quest to be closer to God was phenomenal. I too have had a rocky relationship with my father and like John has had to fight the demons caused by that relationship and atoned for them. It is very important to practice forgiveness. I believe that John has done that. Hatred is a heavy burden to bare, and lead to destruction. I believe through his newfound relationship with God, he will forgive then rebuild his relationship with his father. And has proven to me that he’s embarked on his quest with integrity and dignity.
It has been sincerely obvious that our own experience of some source that we do leads in result of our own free choices. For example, we probably believe that we freely chose to do the tasks and thoughts that come to us making us doing the task. However, we may start to wonder if our choices that we chose are actually free. As we read further into the Fifty Readings in Philosophy by Donald C. Abel, all the readers would argue about the thought of free will. The first reading “The System of Human Freedom” by Baron D’Holbach, Holbach argues that “human being are wholly physical entities and therefore wholly subject to the law of nature. We have a will, but our will is not free because it necessarily seeks our well-being and self-preservation.” For example, if was extremely thirsty and came upon a fountain of water but you knew that the water was poisonous. If I refrain from drinking the water, that is because of the strength of my desire to avoid drinking the poisonous water. If I was too drink the water, it was because I presented my desire of the water by having the water overpowering me for overseeing the poison within the water. Whether I drink or refrain from the water, my action are the reason of the out coming and effect of the motion I take next. Holbach concludes that every human action that is take like everything occurring in nature, “is necessary consequences of cause, visible or concealed, that are forced to act according to their proper nature.” (pg. 269)
...hung from the church’s walls john has ended the pain for his family and John was hung. All the event that occurred showed that John’s action effect the people around him in a positive and negative way, having cheating on his wife had an major effect on his wife and there relationship he completely took away all the trust she had for him, also form being a very selfish man and only caring for himself to a man who gave him life for his wife so that she can live a easier life.
Robert Kane begins by explaining that there are two types of freedom; surface freedoms and free will. Surface freedoms include being able to choose what movie to watch or what mayoral candidate to vote for during an election, while free will is much deeper and very limited. Kane refers to characters from Walden Two and the fact that they can have anything they desire because they have been conditioned and manipulated into not wanting anything that is not available to them. The characters have maximal surface freedom, but they lack deeper freedom of the will because their desires are created by someone else (Kane). Kane believes that there is something missing from Walden Two and that deeper freedom is not an illusion. He argues that if we are ultimately responsible for being what we are, there must have been various factors, including acts in society and our genetic make-up, that did not completely determine how we acted and that left something for us to be responsible for. Kane also talks about self-forming acts (SFAs), which are “choices or...
In addition to the above, John was a go-getter and a calculated risk taker. Even though his act of abduction seemed impulsive, a scene before his act saw him thinking intently about what he was going to do and how exactly he was going to achieve it. He had one goal in mind which was to save his son and he pressed towards that with focus a...
Many people are capable of making their own decisions and sometimes these include ethical choices. This is an idea that contains making a rational decision between what is right and wrong. Most people struggle with making the right decision to get the intended, desired outcome. It is a choice that centers on personal conscience. One may know the right choice by instinct, but there are times in which people have to think about the outcome and challenge their morals. In the novel, The Devil and Miss Prym a young girl Chantal finds herself in a tough situation when a stranger visits town and offers her a choice to break her morals and steal, or give the opportunity to the village to murder for money. She tells the village and they decide to kill the eldest, Chantal stands up to them and eventually the decision is made not to murder and the stranger is forced to admit that people are neither good or evil, they are simply human. A film that also faces decisions is Sophie’s Choice where a young mother is sent