Ethical Dilemmas In The Dark Knight

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In the Movie, “The Dark Knight” Bruce Wayne is faced with difficult moral dilemmas. These dilemmas raise some interesting ethical questions. The philosopher that Bruce Wayne most relates to in my opinion would be Kant and his deontological ethics. Deontological means “for the sake of duty” and the reason why Bruce Wayne created his alter ego “The Batman” was because he wanted to bring justice to the city of Gotham and protect and serve without having two personalities coming into conflict most of the time. Batman even has to break rules such as destroying properties and getting access into every single cell phone in Gotham just so that he can do his duty and help the people of Gotham. Another reason why Kant is a perfect comparison to Batman