Michael from Prison Break made the decision to break into a prison by getting himself arrested in order to break his brother Lincoln out. Lincoln was falsely accused of killing the vice president’s brother and was on death row. Lincoln was not guilty, but he was going to be executed and Michael practicing Kantianism by believing in Lincoln’s right to live. Michael did it because his brother was going to die, the government who was called “the Company” was going to keep pinning crimes on people. He made the decision to break his brother out and expose the Company. And he also kept his nephew from growing up without a father. His reasons were good, but the manner he did it was not to good. Too many laws were broken and too many people died in the process of saving his brother. These reasons are good reasons but we should think before acting rashly like breaking someone out of jail. Those reasons I believe are what we should practice in making a good moral decision. What he did was morally right. He had good reasons which are based on Kant’s view. …show more content…
He believed that he was freeing the McMurphy by killing him. McMurphy was a very happy person who loved to talked. Being in the state Chief saw him after the electrocution made him believe that it would be better for McMurphy to be free of the psychiatric ward. Another reason was because Nures Rachet, the antagonist, hated McMurphy because he challenged the nurse’s dictatorship and pushed the guys to speak up to the nurse who was turning all of them on each other. Being in a vegetable state would put McMurphy at Nurse Rachet’s mercy which would be something he would hate. Away from the grasp of Nures Rachet would keep McMurphy’s dignity. Another reason Chief did it was because McMurphy was not the person he used to know. The body was there but he was
He had his reasons for doing what he did, and was justified
This was not a good idea and failed. While he had good intentions, if he had been less religiously oriented in that situation the outcome would have been
(65). For the man, his killing is justified because it was committed in the act of saving his son, a responsibility he says was assigned to him by the god. Throughout the entire journey, the man does not kill out of malice or for food. He only hurts others when they have threatened the boy 's survival. We can tell that in order to ensure the boy’s safety, his father can do anything to protect his kid.
Although many people or some believe he was justified because had to think about
Another moment of morality is when TimHead was feeling bad about shooting a kid in the face. He thought about his brother instantly when he shot the kid, because his brother was around the same age as him. TimHead knew it wasn’t the right thing to do. “He was trying to kill you. Us.
The author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Kesey, presents the ideas about venerability and strength by using his characters and the way they interact with each other to establish whether they are a submissive or a dominant, tamed or leading, venerable or strong. Kesey uses strong personalities to show the drastic difference between someone who is vulnerable and someone who is strong. Nurse Ratchet is a perfect example of how Kasey presents the idea of strength over the venerability of others (the patients). Keys also exhibited vulnerability throughout characters such as Chief Bromden and his extensive habit of hiding himself in all means possible from Nurse Ratchet. Another idea presented by Kesey is a character’s false thought on what
The sacrifices that he made was the right thing to do, and nothing can change
He did what anyone would do if they had their own beliefs and dreams. McCandless was one special person who had very different views on the world with society. No matter how many people doubt his actions and felt he was wrong, they can't know the true reason for him doing so unless they were in his shoes. Although he did explain some of the reasons for doing so no one knew what was the exact point that made him have a belief that society was not needed. The courageous man Chris McCandless died knowing he had done what he believed and never gave up on
The movie “One flew over the cuckoo’s nest” gives an inside look into the life of a patient living in a mental institution; helping to give a new definition of mental illnesses. From a medical standpoint, determinants of mental illness are considered to be internal; physically and in the mind, while they are seen as external; in the environment or the person’s social situation, from a sociological perspective (Stockton, 2014). Additionally, the movie also explores the idea of power relations that exist between an authorized person (Nurse Ratched) and a patient and further looks into the punishment a deviant actor receives (ie. McMurphy contesting Nurse Ratched). One of the sociological themes that I have observed is conformity.
In the struggle between freedom and power, McMurphy’s sacrifice allows freedom to prevail. His leadership in a rising rebellion parallels many of the countercultures that arose during the 1960s. His rebellion fights against Nurse Ratched in the way that the countercultures fought against the government and society in the past to the present. The men in the asylum are unknowingly unhappy before the arrival of McMurphy. Through his antics, the men are saved from society in the form of Nurse Ratched’s regime.
Finally he was able rationalization that nobody was going to get hurt therefore it wasn 't really a crime. As mention before he had
Weather in literature is often used to symbolize the mood or mental state in which a character experiences. For example, rain is commonly associated with sadness. As it is commonly identified, fog is a cloudy element of weather that affects one’s ability to see clearly, however, it is also used in literature to represent a character’s lack of clarity. Throughout One Who Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, the motif of fog is used to represent the mental instability and confusion Bromden experiences under Nurse Ratched’s ward. As the story progresses and Bromden gains confidence, the fog diminishes and he is able to overcome the Big Nurse.
Moral Lense Literary Analysis of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest The 1950s, the context of which One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, a novel by Ken Kesey, was written, was called the Era of Conformity. During this time, the American social atmosphere was quiet conformed, in that everyone was expected to follow the same, fixed format of behavior in society, and the ones who stand out of being not the same would likely be “beaten down” by the social norms. In the novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Kesey argues that it is immoral for society to simply push its beliefs onto the people who are deemed different, as it is unfair and could lead to destructive results. First of all, it is unjust for people who are deemed unalike from others in society to be forced into the preset way of conduct because human tend to have dissimilar nature.
His rebellious and free mind makes the patients open their eyes and see how the have been suppressed. His appearance is a breath of fresh air and a look into the outside world for the patients. This clearly weakens Nurse Ratched’s powers, and she sees him as a large threat. One way or another, McMurphy tends to instigate changes of scenery. He manages to move everyone away from her music and watchful eye into the old tube room.
Upon being questioned about the morality of his actions, he says that they are completely justified since they were done to maximize individual good and consequently collective