Fail Safe Movie Analysis

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An Analysis of the Movie “Fail Safe” In Relation to Confucian Moral Philosophy 1.0 Discussion of the Philosophy In the west, when people think about philosophers, most often, they would recall names such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. In East Asia, on the other hand, when people think about philosophers, they would remember Confucius and Lǎo Zi. Up to now, the teachings of Confucius is still being practiced in China. Imagine, a philosophy over 2000 years old, is still applicable towards the modern lives of the Chinese. Since Confucianism is a rather comprehensive topic, in this paper, we would be briefly discussing some of the fundamental concepts of Confucianism, specifically the moral philosophy of Confucius. When one reads through …show more content…

In the Philippines, one’s behavior is restrained and regulated by laws which has its corresponding penalties when violated. This kind of system does not teach the people on how to become morally good. With the Five Constant Virtues, even without there being laws which penalize an act, a man who has perfected the Five Constant Virtues would not do such an act if he knows that such act is wrong – if it goes against “the way”. 2.0 Analysis of the Movie Now that we finished the brief discussion about Confucianism, let us apply this to the moral issues presented in the movie “Fail Safe”. Not all issues, however, may have a clear answer, since some of the issues presented in the movie may be too modern for Confucianism to recognize. Additionally, some of these answers are debatable since some authors has a different interpretation towards some of the key concepts of Confucianism. For this paper, we would limit the analysis to only four moral issues. The 1st issue would be regarding the American President allowing the Russian Government to shoot down the US planes. The 2nd issue would be regarding Colonel Grady continued the supposed attack order regardless of what the military did to convince him. The 3rd issue would be regarding the American President commanding to bombing of New York, regardless of the presence of his wife in that