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When we watch crime-horror films such as Red Dragon and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, we are sharing ideas about what comprises the visceral shock of the complete failure of ethics.
Christian mythos tells us that there are 7 deadly sins (pride, wrath, envy, gluttony, greed, sloth, and lust) which lead men towards hellfire.
Ethics is all about fulfilment of social contracts, and the great philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote in his seminal work The Social Contract that the only legal form of government is one that rules by consent.
We celebrate fortune-themed films such as The Wolf of Wall Street, since we are ultra-conscious of the rewards and punishments associated with the value of contracts (merchant contracts, community contracts, etc.). We place expectations upon one another about what is required for a very productive society.
When people in society are handicapped or fall behind others, they need state-sponsored charities (e.g., medical coverage, welfare, Special Olympics, etc.). When governments fail to provide such safety-nets, they are failing to care for all of the people.
When governments are responsible, we say they are wise or even prudent. Likewise, when individuals help one another, we say they are kind or even noble.
When someone fails to exhibit any kind of social etiquette or empathy (or pity), or when governments become tyrannical, absolute evil is born (e.g., Nazi Germany).
Absolute evil is the complete omission of the bestowment of charity (or empathy/pity). In the crime-horror film Red Dragon, the antagonist, a super-psychotic known as the 'Tooth-Fairy' remarks that he has absolutely no pity.
To 'combat' evil then, we should talk about 'grace consciousness.'
The American comic book superhero Batman (DC Comics), for example, is an ethics-pensive masked urban vigilante who tackles the criminally insane in a fictional place called Gotham, which is seething with criminality. Batman must determine when punishment is necessary and when compassion is mandatory.
Batman (DC Comics) storyboards arguably represent a social investment in grace characterization in the popular arts, which should certainly inspire us to think about valuable relationships between civilization bureaucracy and religious podiums.
Christian mythos tells us that there are 7 deadly sins (pride, wrath, envy, gluttony, greed, sloth, and lust) which lead men towards hellfire.
Ethics is all about fulfilment of social contracts, and the great philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote in his seminal work The Social Contract that the only legal form of government is one that rules by consent.
We celebrate fortune-themed films such as The Wolf of Wall Street, since we are ultra-conscious of the rewards and punishments associated with the value of contracts (merchant contracts, community contracts, etc.). We place expectations upon one another about what is required for a very productive society.
When people in society are handicapped or fall behind others, they need state-sponsored charities (e.g., medical coverage, welfare, Special Olympics, etc.). When governments fail to provide such safety-nets, they are failing to care for all of the people.
When governments are responsible, we say they are wise or even prudent. Likewise, when individuals help one another, we say they are kind or even noble.
When someone fails to exhibit any kind of social etiquette or empathy (or pity), or when governments become tyrannical, absolute evil is born (e.g., Nazi Germany).
Absolute evil is the complete omission of the bestowment of charity (or empathy/pity). In the crime-horror film Red Dragon, the antagonist, a super-psychotic known as the 'Tooth-Fairy' remarks that he has absolutely no pity.
To 'combat' evil then, we should talk about 'grace consciousness.'
The American comic book superhero Batman (DC Comics), for example, is an ethics-pensive masked urban vigilante who tackles the criminally insane in a fictional place called Gotham, which is seething with criminality. Batman must determine when punishment is necessary and when compassion is mandatory.
Batman (DC Comics) storyboards arguably represent a social investment in grace characterization in the popular arts, which should certainly inspire us to think about valuable relationships between civilization bureaucracy and religious podiums.
