1. Morality in Movies
Is a movie good or evil?

2. Morality What is morality? Is morality the same for everyone?
Morality is a sense of good and bad
Is morality the same for everyone?
What did the survey say about your classmates?
Were they different from yours?

3. Conflict Review What is Conflict? Conflict – means struggle
What was the main conflict in “Moana”?
How did the conflict affect the characters?
What are the kinds of conflicts?
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. Society
Man vs. Self
Man vs. Technology

4. Kinds of Morality
Absolute Morality – there is always a clear “right” and “wrong”
Moral Relativism – every person has a different “right” and “wrong”
Moral Character – when a character follows his or her morals
Immoral Character – when a character betrays his or her morals
Overall Moral Message – every movie has an overall moral to it. It has something to do with the conflict.

5. Virtues and Vices Ethics – doing the right thing
Virtue – something that is a good characteristic
Vice – similar to a sin or bad characteristic
Three main ideas for ethics:
Deontology – doing one’s duty; consequence doesn’t matter
Consequentialism – every virtue has a good consequence
Virtue Ethics – fundamental truths (justice, courage, piety, and wisdom); everyone and every society should strive for these

6. “Moana” Morality Review
“Moana” was more of a consequentialism – meaning that if you did the right thing, good things would happen
What were the main characters of “Moana”?
What were their vices?
What were their virtues?
What was the overall moral of “Moana”?

7. Virtues and Vices What was the overall moral?
What were Sarang’s virtues and vices?
What were Seom’s virtues and vices?
What kind of characters would you consider them as?

8. Characters and morality
Completely moral – they have no vices; completely good
Generally moral – want to be good; have some vices that they don’t want
Neutral – neither moral or immoral
Generally immoral – have a little bit of desire to do good but generally does bad
Completely immoral – only commits vices; completely evil

9. Superman
Completely Moral
Why is he considered like this?

10. Tony Stark
Generally Moral
Why is he considered like this?

11. Treebeard
Neutral
Why is he considered like this?

12. Loki
Generally Immoral
Why is he considered like this?

13. The Joker
Completely Immoral
Why is he considered like this?

14. What about other characters?
What other movie characters can you find that have this kind of morality?

15. Morality and Character Development
Morality and Character Development are related
A character can go from evil to good or good to evil
Characters who are completely immoral or completely moral usually do not have strong character development
Vices are usually what drives character development

16. Action “The Terminator” High energy Non-stop motion
Clear good guy, bad guy
Plot is easy
Usually has clear morality

17. Sci-Fi “Interstellar” Can be scientific or fantasy Imaginative
Can be linked to action or adventure
Can have a clear sense of morality or not
Usually takes place in the future

18. Movie Morality Analysis
In groups, you will choose an action or sci-fi movie that you have all seen. Just like the example, you will talk about the movie’s morality. During the project, you must answer the following questions:
What is the overall moral of the movie?
What is the main conflict of the movie? (Who is fighting?)
Who are the main characters? What is the morality of the characters? How do you know? What are their vices or virtues?