Now take into consideration the circumstances. A government steals military secrets to protect their countries interests. A man steals another man's weapon to prevent harm to another. A man robs the rich and gives to the poor. Many will argue that stealing is justified under these and other circumstances. Adultery is much the same in dishonesty. Government and people often justify killing a few to prevent the discomfort or death of many. On a smaller scale, killing to obtain personal satisfaction or justice is punishable by laws. .
The context of the Ten Commandments is blunt. Without getting into the rest of the Bible thoroughly, it seems to leave the reader to interpret its deeper meaning on his or her own. It is obvious by what our governments actions and the actions of others that people determine the true meaning of the Commandments to their own benefit.
The Unjust, a passage from the Koran, the Islamic scripture, also tells us that we should follow the law of the Creator or be punished. This particular passage puts more emphasis on an active and angry god, and also one who rewards the devout. Again, one is supposed to do right by religion. This passage says that non-believers should not be able to shake the beliefs of Islam. However, I wonder if we should shun the actions of non-believers or the non-believers themselves. This is where, I think, religion must be interpreted on a personal level. .
"Virtue, intellectual and moral, is gained through teaching and experience." .
Aristotle tells us this in Happiness and the Good Life. He says that virtue must be achieved in order to lead a happy and good life. However, what we are taught and what we experience is not "virtuous" by all standards. The "aims or ends" which he says we come to are mostly for our own happiness. For example, a family may want to see a rapist go to jail for hurting a relative. But who or what is a "good judge" of what is right? The " good of the soul" is supposed to be the purest and righteous good.
We do not know why but Da Mayor tells him to do the right thing, always. ... Did Mookie do the right thing? According to me, in the movie, no one was able to do the right thing except for Mookie and Da Mayor. ... In the movie "Do the right thing" there is a lot of moral that make us realize certain things. ... Accepting and respecting others with their differential would be the right thing to do. ...
In the film, Do the Right Thing, director Spike Lee presents the audience with the theme of racism. ... Do the Right Thing allows the viewers to decide for themselves what's the right thing to do about racism. ... This is foreshadowing of what is to come. ... The two cultures in the film do not want to compromise with each other. ...
So when I was asked to write a paper dealing with Spike Lee's masterpiece, "Do The Right Thing," I chose to expand my thinking past all the normal themes. ... What are some "safe" themes that occur in "Do The Right Thing?" ... What does almost every movie have? ... In Lee's "Do The Right Thing," no clear hero or villain clearly emerges. ... These actions don't make Radio a hero however, and thus stabilize my thesis that no real heroes or villains take firm hold in Lee's "Do The Right Thing." ...
The only thing we don't realize is that we are equally racist. ... Due the right thing, an incredible movie by Spike Lee and saying *by* him is quite just, he starred in, it directed it produced it and wrote it. ... And Pino trying to make his brother stay true to who he is and from, guess what voice that represents? ... And well fighting erupted and then the next day people still had the same problems and whatever they had done didn't really change much except for a lost friend and no more pizza for them their point was not proven in the manner they wanted EVERYBODY WAS WRO...
and see what real life is really about. ... Lee was able to study the neighborhood of Bed-Stuy or one just like it, and observe the inhabitants in their own environment, by observing their unique qualities and behavior, he was able to create characters for his film "Do the Right Thing-. ... What Lee does is he makes the viewers think. ... Another reason why Spike Lee makes a good anthropologist is that perhaps why Lee made everyone just as guilty and just as innocent as anyone else, he did that because there is no right thing to do. Or if there is one right way to act perhaps it isn'...
Many people would like to think that, if put in a certain situation, they would always do the right thing no matter the circumstances. ... What does it say about human nature if one can ignore another individual's need just to make it on time? ... What does this say about human compassion if one is able to not act upon it just to please someone in an authoritative role? ... Since the day we're born, we're raised to do good and treat others as we would like to be treated, but as we are put in certain situations it seems that we can disregard what we were taught. ... If we can d...
The Right Thing The counselor was late for our appointment. ... I cast one more glance at my friend; his sad eyes confirmed that we were doing the right thing. ... I didn't go right back to class right away, but instead walked the hallways of the school trying to make sense of the emotional ramblings going through my head. ... It was then that I realized that no matter how angry she was at me, she would still need her best friend to help her get through what was going to be a very difficult journey. I had just learned one of my first lessons of growing up and being a true friend - ...
Spike Lee's, "Do the Right Thing" is centered in the Bedford-Stuyvesant district of Brooklyn, New York City in the later 1980s, early 90's. ... Lee ultimately communicated the racial climate of the time in what took place as only one day in the film. ... Upon its release, "Do the Right Thing" was received in variety of ways. ... Do the Right Thing aimed to portray what was actually happening in the world during these years. ... Although slightly dated, Do the Right Thing presented a reality for the time period, altered the way people viewed racial to is a compelli...
