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Oct 4th, 2010 at 20:30:36 - Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas (PS2) |
My second time playing Grand Theft Auto I was more acquainted with the basic game idea. This time, I was able to move on to the mission where you have to go shoot up the crack dealer’s house and the police and FBI come after you. As the game progresses, this is the way you earn respect from your fellow gang members and people in your “hood.” You take this to another level by robbing people to get money to purchase weapons. Using Kant's theory the first Categorical Imperative tells us to create a rule. The main character (you) has to face the choice of stealing from people to purchase weapons and using them to complete missions and gain respect. In this case, the rule would be that it is okay to steal to get what you want. If we universalized that, everyone would steal because it is okay. If everyone stole there would be no reason for anything to have value anymore and therefore, this statement contradicts itself. Therefore, the “right” choice in the game is actually the wrong choice.
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Oct 2nd, 2010 at 23:35:20 - Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas (PS2) |
Today, I played Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the first time ever. It was an interesting beginning where we learned that the main character (you) found out that his mother died and the police find him and beat him up and leave him in the middle of nowhere. He has to take a bike back to his "hood". Along the way, you can steal cars to get to your destination faster. The faster you get to your destination, the sooner you have a chance to complete a mission for money, respect, and various other admirable aspects. Although I was only able to play the game for about fourty five minutes, I believe that the idea is to complete missions to so-to-say "get to the top". The main character has to explore the ethical issue of whether it is okay to hurt and steal to be prosperous in life. He obviously comes from a poor neighborhood, basically working his way up from nothing. In class, we discussed moral requirements and what it means to be a dutiful person. In this case, all of this is thrown out. The main character is not dutiful because he does not feel compelled to act in a certain way, with compassion to other people and their property; rather, he violates the second formulation of Kant's Categorical Imperative. He treats other people as a means to an end because he hurts them and takes their property (mostly cars) to complete his missions faster. Therefore, the idea of stealing cars and hurting people to succeed in life is immoral.
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