naturalism on the big screen
if you are interested in worldview studies, you may be interested in this article. the center for bioethics and human dignity has a very good review of the recent tom cruise movie collateral in which they examine the philosophical naturalism that drives cruise's character to justify his murderous career path.
the most explicit naturalistic dialogue occurs when cruise's character, vincent, tells max (jamie foxx), "in the expanse of the universe, humans are only insignificant specks on a tiny planet. our lives thus have no meaning or purpose, and the taking of another life is of no great consequence. In fact, ultimately, one kills or is killed." this may sound extreme, but in reality, these words convey the ideas of a major worldview that pervades our culture. this is actually only extreme because vincent has simply carried out this popular worldview to its logical, nihilistic conclusion and is acting upon it. check out the article here.
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posted by DAVID C. PRICE at 12/17/2004 10:00:00 PM
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