A Bronx Tale Analysis
Allie Passaretti
Mr. Schmitz
Ethics in Criminal Justice
September 13, 2012
A Bronx Tale Analysis In the movie A Bronx Tale, young Calogero witnessed a shooting outside his house. The cops show up at his house later that day to question him. The police officer had Calogero go to where the police had a line of men who were suspects of the shooting. Calogero got to Sonny, who was pretty much the head gangster of the neighborhood. Calogero knew it was Sunny but chose to tell the police it wasn’t any of them. The lie that Calogero told to the police is morally wrong because according to Pollock, in the ethics book “Morals and morality refer to what is judged as good conduct. (Pollock, 8, 2012). I would say that the lie he told was not illegal. Akrasia is the weakness of will, especially a failure to act according to a sense of moral obligation. I believe he did fail to act to his obligation to tell the truth. The ethical issues that are addressed in “A Bronx Tale” are religious and applied ethics. “Applied ethics is the study of what is right and wrong pertaining to a specific profession or subject” (Pollock, 8, 2012). The application of ethical principles to specific issues is also addressed in the text. “Religious ethics is the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics” (Dictionary.com, 2012). The moral system and core of Sonny would be morality of integrity. Clearly an individual has interests, views and intentions – yet which rights does he have to pursue these against higher powers and other individuals' interests? Sonny seems to only have his best interest in himself. For Calogero, his ethical system would be ethics of virtue. Calogero approaches a moral dilemma and finds himself lying to the police. The ethical system that fits Rosina best would be utilitarianism. Where actions are judged right or wrong solely by their consequences. Right actions are
Mr. Schmitz
Ethics in Criminal Justice
September 13, 2012
A Bronx Tale Analysis In the movie A Bronx Tale, young Calogero witnessed a shooting outside his house. The cops show up at his house later that day to question him. The police officer had Calogero go to where the police had a line of men who were suspects of the shooting. Calogero got to Sonny, who was pretty much the head gangster of the neighborhood. Calogero knew it was Sunny but chose to tell the police it wasn’t any of them. The lie that Calogero told to the police is morally wrong because according to Pollock, in the ethics book “Morals and morality refer to what is judged as good conduct. (Pollock, 8, 2012). I would say that the lie he told was not illegal. Akrasia is the weakness of will, especially a failure to act according to a sense of moral obligation. I believe he did fail to act to his obligation to tell the truth. The ethical issues that are addressed in “A Bronx Tale” are religious and applied ethics. “Applied ethics is the study of what is right and wrong pertaining to a specific profession or subject” (Pollock, 8, 2012). The application of ethical principles to specific issues is also addressed in the text. “Religious ethics is the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics” (Dictionary.com, 2012). The moral system and core of Sonny would be morality of integrity. Clearly an individual has interests, views and intentions – yet which rights does he have to pursue these against higher powers and other individuals' interests? Sonny seems to only have his best interest in himself. For Calogero, his ethical system would be ethics of virtue. Calogero approaches a moral dilemma and finds himself lying to the police. The ethical system that fits Rosina best would be utilitarianism. Where actions are judged right or wrong solely by their consequences. Right actions are