**Walking Dead Spoilers inside. Do not read unless caught up.
Lately we have been discussing the good will of a person. I believe there must be more to being noble than simply having a good will.
A show that I enjoy quite a bit is the walking dead. It is a story about people living in a zombie apocalypse. In the show every one is doing everything and anything to survive. Throughout the entire show people begin to change and begin to show how hard they're willing to work to not only save themselves but the people they love. The character Rick starts off as a police officer holding on to as many moral values as he possibly can but begins to see that in order to survive in this world one must do certain things that at first glance might seem horrid but in the long run will benefit him and his family. He only does what is ABSOLUTELY necessary however.
The governor on the other hand is a man that will and has done anything to survive. He kills those whom think may be a threat to him or his people, he silences anyone he thinks might disturb the peace of his community and he uses deception to influence people into doing what he wants. He does all of these things because he think that in the long run it will benefit his community. My question to use if both of these men are doing what they do with good intentions does that meant that they both are just as moral.
Both men had to face many morallity issues, but only Rick had the conscience to think and regret some of the things he's done since there where any real laws. The governor on the other hand had all the power in his hands, and did not want to let it go. He killed many innocent people and many lives. He was immorally imbalanced because he could have had a great community if he didn't let power go to his head. He let rationality get away from him, and he was nom longer doing good from the community but just for himself. He broke all three of Kant's propositions of duty.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Maria, and I like how you posed that question. I believe that in a way, Rick acts out of the sake of duty. He feels as if he has to protect his family, and will only do what is necessary to protect them. However, the only threat the governor seems to see is the imminent loss of power if anyone rebels against anything he says or does. He is leading by immorality and without rationality.
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