From "Circle Justice"
Utilitarian reading will inevitably make you accept the values of success, and the society we live in is filled with the philosophy of success - you want to be successful, you want to be famous, you want to be a good person, which dominates almost all our values. . Successism regards success as a measure of revaluation of all values. In order to succeed, you can do anything, you can sacrifice all interests. Everyone has seen "Devil's Advocate", the young and promising lawyer Kevin (Keanu Reeves) couldn't stand the temptation of a high-paying mansion, and brought his wife to New York from his hometown to develop, and lost in success after success In order to pursue interests and win the lawsuit, he gave up his legal ethics; in order to win the case, he did not hesitate to conceal evidence; he also sacrificed his family for his career, and even gave up his family, causing his wife to commit suicide. In the end, he discovered that he was actually the illegitimate child of the devil, and his success all came from the devil's manipulation. The devil is trying to get us to give up the good value of our lives through success. At the end of the film, the devil says something meaningful, "Vanity, without a doubt, is my favorite sin."
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