Blood Diamond Ethical Analysis

View and Argument/Critics From our views, one of the issues which is child labour is adequate in the movie Blood Diamond. The scene while the RUF savagely tore through villages kidnapping young boys to become child soldiers prove that they are using children to be their fighters. RUF kidnapped and brainwashed the children. The children are too young, inexperienced, and sheltered to realize that the loss of their personal rights and freedoms is being masked by the artificial respect of RUF commands through violence and intimidation. The children are being told that they are now part of a community that will get them the respect they deserve. The leaders brainwash the boys with sentiments such as, “We will take care of you. Your parents are

First of all, we can see how the harshness of living conditions and the personal feelings can quickly demoralize a society as the situation cannot be controlled by anyone. The quest for personal power becomes the logic by which situations are judged and the ethical ramifications are often ignored all together. Next, leaders who operate under the guidance of darkness are quick to justify that their action are acting on behalf of those unable to make their own decisions. In reality, selfish interests often guide their decisions. In addition, a lack of morals and values respecting life and liberty, like those present in the RUF camps progresses to chaos and unethical actions. Only through the courage of ethical men and women navigated by honesty, sympathy and positivity, countries such as Sierra Leone have their best chance of recovery and prosperity. By viewing Blood Diamond, we get an immediate insight into life in Sierra Leone, a country that alternates between times of peace and beauty and times of bloodshed. The film forces the issue of the diamond trade to show the impacts that the desire of the developed world for affordable diamonds has on the people of exploited countries, like Sierra Leone. After all, without a consumer there would be no market for the trade of diamond. One of the other issues we can see is the features throughout is that of the civil war and the impacts it has had on the country and its people. Unfortunately, children in many countries are still conscripted as child soldiers by rebel forces, such as the Golden Triangle. Much of the civil war experienced throughout Africa is an unintended negative side effect of colonialism. This film as it makes us to think about the key issues surrounding African development, influences of the developed world and the impact of