1. What gives a movie distinction…
Morality in Movies
What gives a movie distinction…

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?
Morality

3. 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
Who decides a moral character – the audience or the movie writer?
Kinds of morality

4. 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
Virtues and Vices

5. 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
Characters and morality

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

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

8. Treebeard
Neutral
Why is he considered like this?

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

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

11. How do movies depict morals?
Colors
Color symbolism
Music
Music symbolism
Actions
Actions based on ethics
Mood
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How do movies depict morals?