Reflection “The Boondock Saints”

Reflections on The Boondock Saints Directions In three paragraphs write your reflections of the Movie The Boondock Saints, answering the following 1) What are the honest issues you see in the characterization? List several and describe their estimable or moral concern. 2) How does the plot relate to Utilitarian Ethics? Pluralism/realism? Social Contract Ethics? Use examples from the photo and show a connection each (e. g. , Act vs Rule Utilitarianism and the value of consequences, Addressing multiple & contrasted values, Type(s)/theme(s) of Social Contracts evidencing, a la Hobbes, Rousseau, Locke, Gauthier). ) Utilitarian ethics, because people on the moving-picture show judge the rightness or wrongness of an act, so it produces consequences to the greatest counterweight of amusement over suffering for everyone involved. Social contract, at the end of the movie people of the state agreed that boondock saints kill trash people, so their flush motive being the desire for prot ection, which entails the surrender of some or solely perosonal liberties. 2) The plot is related to utilitarian ethics, because we saw how the Boondock Saints judged people by devising what they consider divine justice kill people.Pragmatism, because the Boondock Saints were putting their truths or beliefs in the term of action or parctical application by putting to death people. Social contract, because the troupe agreeded the Boondock Saints actions to get protection, to they the Boondock Saints were cleaning the society in the state. Act utilitarianism Vs. rule the boondock saints did acts and rules judging rightness and wrongness that maximized frolic and minimized suffering.An example of act utilitarianism is that when Connor and Morphy killed people from the mafia they were feeling pleasure judging wongness. An example of rule u. , they trusted that their own rules were right to God. Finally, this movie is an example of social contract and utilitarianism, during the movi e we saw the boondock saints having conflicts values in the society when they killed the minister inside the church in front of umpteen people. It created doubts for people about which is true righteousness from God or from the men.