In the process of watching this movie, I remembered Sandel's public class: fairness, what should I do?
H is a Consequencialist who does not sacrifice means for the result, and in the result, his actions are right; but, in morality, it is wrong.
And female detectives have the moral high ground: we can't do things that violate the bottom line of morality, even if he will cause more deaths. However, as a result, he failed.
I think a very important point is well reflected in this group of interrogators:
the last sudden change of the top people is accompanied by a possible result: if you get the result, you become a moral person; but the result cannot be Completed, the moral bottom line can be broken through. But the funny thing is that the man with immoral blood on his hands is not himself.
While other military personnel, including female detectives, are not threatened with their lives, from a moral point of view, they still keep their moral bottom line from being breached. This is the reason why they can never accept harming their children. But on the other hand, they are also reprehensible because they cause others to be hurt. Therefore, for them, it may be condemned in their own hearts for a lifetime.
At the same time, it reminds me of the previous "Dark Knight":
until the Joker announces that if Batman does not reveal his identity, he will continue to kill ordinary people. The life-threatening populace is desperate to capture Batman because their moral bottom line has been destroyed by the Joker.
At the back, the two-ship bomb incident, the choice of ordinary people is also hovering between morality and outcome: is it to sacrifice those prisoners to save their own lives, become the winner in the end, but be condemned by the heart of the future? Or do nothing, possibly sacrifice yourself, but be a moral victor?
PS Thinking of this, I have to admire Nolan again. While maintaining the wonderful fighting special effects, it can trigger a discussion on a philosophical issue. Such a movie only won one Best Supporting Actor Award at the Oscars?
Sandel said before the class: When you consider these philosophical questions, you will find that your traditional morals and values are greatly impacted. Indeed, Unthinkable made a movie with an often-discussed philosophical question, perhaps the most common. And on other more issues, we are also faced with many Unthinkable choices and thinking.
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