Ethics In The Movie Prisoners

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We have been taught that we should always follow our priorities, whether it is dealing with jobs, families, education, or faith. Ethical egoism teaches us that if our interests are any one these or something else, we should put it first because these are our values. But how far should we go in protecting our values? Is there a limit of how they should be protected? Am I doing what’s best for my priorities or for me? Although we should protect our values, there needs to be a limit and a focus of how I should protect my values with the best intentions. The film, Prisoners, presents this moral dilemma of torture through the characters’ decisions and emotions.
This film really focuses on the characters. Their thoughts, anger, distress, and mistakes become part of your mistakes. This deals with a father’s s priority and how he will achieve that priority by using unethical ways like torturing an innocent man. Bringing up child abduction and torture are …show more content…

I think that he tries using God as an example that his Creator will forgive him for finding his daughter and because it was for the “greater good. Keller Dover presented more of a self-interested ethic when his daughter, Anna, was kidnapped. His patience is very short, knowing that the daughters were missing for a week, and expecting Detective Loki to solve the case in a short amount of time. Keller doesn’t understand what his actions of torture can do in the future case. He is never at home because he is too busy torturing Alex when he could be supporting his wife, Grace and his oldest son, Ralph. This is presented when Ralph confronted Keller about leaving his family behind. “.. You’ve been leaving me and mom here while you 've been going out and getting fucking drunk! You think I can 't smell it on you…” Keller has a lot of pressure of being a home caretaker and the safe keeper for the

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