Thursday, September 8, 2011

007: The Moral Dilemma

      Let us first define morality. Such a broad subject is morality that it has an even broader definition, morality is whatever society dictates is right or wrong. Society deems thievery wrong, helping someone right, stealing wrong, being nice right, and killing wrong. Is fictional character James Bond a moral person? Throughout the years we have known of the heroics, the suave personality, and the skills. With all these attributes he is the deadliest killer in the world. Just because someone can take a life does that make it moral?
      James Bond, aka 007, has a license to kill but taking the life of someone else is wrong. MI6, who bond works for, sends him on these life and death missions to kill bad guys. Bond does the killing because it is his job. Why is it okay for cops, agents, and soldiers to kill but not say a civilian? Here is the dilemma. A cop, a soldier and a MI6 agent are still technically citizens too, its just their job title. Some would argue that they are protecting us from bad people, which they are, but it is still not okay morally. Killing another human being is not okay and it is not moral, you are taking that person's life from the world. To kill someone is not moral but it is necessary in certain circumstances. When diplomacy fails is when you turn to killing, it should never be the first course of action. James Bond does have to feel bad about killing, even if the person is "bad", cause he still took a life, his load is somewhat lessened though do to the fact that the person was a menace to society. In here lies the root of the problem, when is it moral to take the life of another? When the shoe fits(time calls for it) or every other day like James Bond when protecting the world? The answer is it is never moral to take a life.It is up for you to decide though, we all come from different backgrounds and have learned the same, as well as different morals and opinions.
     To answer the question of James Bond aka 007 being a moral person, the answer is yes he is a moral person who does immoral deeds because well...we all do. His deeds consist of killing droves of henchmen to save the world and the beautiful damsel in distress. our deed on the other hand could be telling a white lie, or peeking at a neighbors test, or instead of reading a book going online and looking it up so you can catch up and write a paper. We are our own judges only we can truly define what is wrong and right. our answered may be influenced by society around us but it is we as humans who decide.  
       

8 comments:

  1. What a great question--James Bond's morality! But if a "moral" person can do immoral deeds because "we all do"... then everyone has morality (based on your definition). Who wouldn't be moral, then? Aren't there any other criteria?... Interesting response!

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  2. Good job explaining morality through James Bond's world. Since it is okay for James Bond to kill because it his job, who is morally wrong. Would the people who order him to kill be morally wrong since they are telling him to take another person's life?

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  3. I like your point about MI6 agents or soldiers falling into that category where the job title allows them to kill. Like you, I believe that job title should not excuse someone from the morality of the world. World peace is the ultimate solution to killing, but it's obvious this world will never see it. Since we will never achieve (or not in my lifetime at least) world peace, I believe that soldiers do have some morality in joining the ranks to defeat opposing forces of our country. Do you think that our soldiers are justified in defending our country? Do you think the death of Osama Bin Laden was justified?

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  4. I like how you based this blog on James Bond. It made me think about our so called "heroes" and there morals. My question for you relates to the topic of a killer being moral. If a moral person takes someone else’s life in self-defense does that make them immoral?

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  5. I liked the idea behind your essay. You showed that we all do immoral things, but it does not make us immoral. I found that interesting. I would proofread next time before posting and maybe expand a little more on the subject. Bond was also a lady's man, which some people may also find immoral, maybe this is also worth mentioning?

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  6. I love the way you talked about James Bond. I also like the way you connected James Bond's immoral behaviors with every day people's immoral behavior. Even if ours isn't as outrageous. Why do you think people do immoral things if they know it's wrong?

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  7. I completely agree with your points in this blog. We see police officers and soldiers kill people everyday but they are considered some of the respectable people in the world. Do you think they are called moral because of who they are, or are they called moral due to the title of their job?

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  8. I think you're right here about cops and special agents. It certainly is required of their job to kill "bad guys" but doesn't everybody deserve a second chance? I think that taking anyones life is immoral but it can be varied on a case to case basis. It also depends on who the judge is because everyone's views and ideas are different.

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