Crazy for Love----Thinking about the Dilemma of Morality and Law

Dovie 2022-11-17 02:51:41

If the models of emotion are love and morality, then the models of reason are law and evidence. In this film, there is an emotional and rational dilemma between the protagonists Yukawa and Shishen, and it also puts a question mark in the hearts of the audience. Are you on the side of reason or emotion? It's like the left and right ends of the scale, making it difficult to choose.
A classic example of the moral-legal dilemma in psychology:

a woman in Europe was dying of cancer. The doctor thought that only a new drug developed by a pharmacist in the city could cure her. The cost of preparing this medicine is 200 yuan, but the selling price is 2,000 yuan. The
sick woman's husband, Hans, borrowed money from everywhere, but in the end he only managed to collect 1,000 yuan. Hans begged the pharmacist, if his wife was dying, could sell him the medicine cheaper or allow him to take credit. Not only did the pharmacist not agree, but he also said, "I developed this drug just to make money."
Hans had no other choice but to pry open the door of the pharmacist's warehouse at night and steal the medicine.
This is a fictional story. When such a moral dilemma was presented to the children, Kohlberg asked a series of questions around the story for the children to discuss in order to study the norms and morals on which children's moral judgments are based. The level of development.
1. Should Hans steal the medicine? Why?
2. Is it right or wrong for him to steal the medicine? Why?
3. Is Hans responsible or obligated to steal the medicine? Why?
4. People do everything they can to save the other Is human life important? Why?
5. It is illegal for Hans to steal drugs. Is it morally wrong for him to steal the drug? Why?
6. Looking back at the dilemma in the story, what do you think Hans' most responsible behavior should be? Why?


Interested friends can refer to "General Psychology", and this film is exactly the same question, love and reason, which is more important? If there is a balance to measure, then this problem is solved very well. So does this scale really exist? The answer is yes, it is in everyone's heart. For Yukawa, the rational side occupies a more important position on the scale, but for Shishen, love is far greater than the weight of reason, and even makes people crazy about love.
From different angles, they are all pitiful people, and they are all wrong, but they all hold the balance in their hearts.

Shishen said to Yukawa, "Even if that problem is solved, no one will be happy." In fact, when he said this, Yukawa had already lost. But the ending made me feel a little disgusted with Shishen. He was trying to be brave for the ridiculous balance in his heart. Because of the stone god, Tang Chuan's rational balance seems to be inclined to emotion, but this is a failure for Tang Chuan, and he wants to restore it. If Yukawa did not tell the truth and made the choice to hide, maybe the ending would not be so touching, but it would still be a happy ending, right?

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Suspect X quotes

  • Manabu Yukawa: Is it harder to create an unsolvable problem or solve it?