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    Gone Baby Gone Analysis According to Kant Theory I’m going to talk in this assignment about the movie: Gone Baby Gone; which is an incredible, fresh, and real film, and its relation with Kant theory. In this movie characters are rich and alive; the story is compelling, surprising, and not at all predictable. Kant said that one must have a respect for the moral law that is expressed in the intention, and I think that Patrick’s intentions were good because he did not want for the kidnapped girl

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    Essay on Gone Baby Gone

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    Gone Baby Gone Dennis Lehane writes satisfyingly complex and disturbingly violent crime fiction that often crosses into thriller territory. These are not, however, cheap thrills. Even in their goriest moments, his books are grounded in rich, real-life detail. Lehane knows Boston and its denizens, and he captures the city’s subcultures beautifully -- from the hushed refinement of the old-money suburbs to the grittiness of tacky motels and bail-bond agencies. He has a unique way of presenting

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    Gone Baby Gone Essay

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    Gone Baby Gone directed by Ben Affleck is centered on the kidnapping of a four-year old girl named Amanda. This movie is based in Boston in the Dorchester area. Even though this movie is centered on a kidnapping, there are other crimes being committed. In this film there is abuse of justice, negligence, police corruption, child molestation, drug abuse, and murder. Each of the main characters in this film commits a crime. The main characters in this film are Patrick Kenzie; the private investigator

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    Gone Baby Gone Analysis

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    The following analysis is done on the 2007 film “Gone Baby Gone”, directed by Ben Affleck and adapted from the novel by Dennis Lehane. The movie is based in Dorchester, Massachusetts where two Boston private investigators Patrick Kenzie and his partner and girlfriend Angie Gennaro are hired to find the child of Helene McCready, Amanda, who was abducted from her home one night while her mother was off using drugs with her boyfriend. After a two-month investigation it is discovered by investigator

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    individual on the planet must grapple with this moral confusion in an attempt to find unique solutions to everyday dilemmas. In Affleck’s drama Gone Baby Gone, two very notable philosophies collide head on, and the protagonist must choose between the two to find the solution that he feels is ‘right.’ In Affleck’s brilliantly rendered drama Gone Baby Gone, a young girl is abducted from her mother, in a blue collar area of Boston, Massachusetts. Patrick Kenzie and his girlfriend are private

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    Gone, Baby, Gone

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    Library Assignment: Kant’s Categorical Imperative (Deontology) Movie: Gone, Baby, Gone The categorical imperative is something we are fundamentally required to do irrespective of how we feel about doing it, and even if others around us are telling us to do something completely different. In other words, we must always do this. The categorical imperative is also a priority, which means it will always be and have always been morally good. As such, we have a duty to recognize, and accept, its

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    Gone, Baby, Gone is a powerful film that focuses on philosophical arguments surrounding human morality in the context of a child abduction. The film begins when a young girl, Amanda McCreedy, disappears from her home in Boston. Due to the police force’s lack of success, Amanda’s aunt, Beatrice, hires a private investigator named Patrick Kenzie and his girlfriend Angie Gennaroaare to find Amanda. As the plot progresses, Kenzie discovers that Amanda’s mom, Helene, is a drug addict and had been previously

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    Kant's Gone Baby Gone

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    This analysis seeks to explicate the fundamental issues in Kant’s philosophy, which include duty and reason. The examination of the movie Gone Baby Gone is viewed in the context of morality, as it shows an escapade of child abduction. While doing so, one of the fundamental questions to address in this submission is the distinction between what is good, and that, which is morally right. In addressing this question, the maxims by Emmanuel Kant form the important part of this study. To begin with, the

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    drastic decisions. Moral standards play a giant role in everyday life as well as the movie Gone Baby Gone. Gone Baby Gone is a movie directed by Ben Affleck which deals with many moral issues. Through the movie, we see that morals are violated left and right. For example, Patrick Kenzie would go to drastic measures to ensure Amanda got back safely to her mom. Another morality issue visible in Gone Baby Gone is the fact that Lionel knowingly sabotaged his family. A final morality issue in the movie

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    After, I read chapter three and watch the film "Gone Baby Gone", I deeply having an understanding of Kant’s moral philosophy. During this film, I was faced with a difficult decision as an audience stand point in deciding if the main final action was moral or immoral. I believe that the main character in filmed Patrick actions were morally conducted without condition, be the "right" conduct for any person in parallel conditions to Jack. Also, in his premise is that conduct is "right" if it treats

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