Written Assignment 2

Written Assignment 2

Read chapter 3, watch video link, and watch the films ” Gone Baby Gone” and “Sleepers”. Pick one movie and apply Kant’s moral philosophy to judge the MAIN FINAL action. Judging any other action in the movie is an automatic zero. 500 words minimum in MLA format. Minimum 3 sources from LIRN (code: 24439)

Must apply these premises:

1. The first premise is that a person acts morally if his or her conduct would, without condition, be the “right” conduct for any person in similar circumstances(the “First Maxim”).

2. The second premise is that conduct is “right” if it treats others/yourself as ends in themselves/yourself and not as means to an end (the ” Second Maxim”).

3. The conclusion is that a person acts morally when he or she acts as if his or her conduct was establishing a universal law governing others in similar circumstances (the “Third Maxim”).

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“Sleepers”
The movie ‘Sleepers’ has constant motion to analyze the multidimensional facets of moral philosophy. Initially planning to execute a harmless practical joke on a hot-dog vendor, four boys are now the sufferers of their treachery and have incurred the penalties of their treachery. Is their attempt to solicit justice for what has transpired in the Youth Correctional Facility moral or not?

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