Ethical Dilemma

Virtue ethics

In virtue ethics, character is the key to the moral life, for it is from a virtuous character that

moral conduct and values naturally arise. In the movie shown above of these virtue ethics

are present. The example of virtue ethics that happen in the movie “Crash” is involves a

racist police man, Ryan and officer Tom Hansen. The two officers pull over a vehicle that

matches the description of a vehicle that was just stolen. Both police officers know this vehicle is

not the stolen vehicle because the license plate do not match. Officer Tom Hansen tries to

convey the fact that this is not the stolen vehicle, but officer Ryan just blows him off. Officer

Ryan approaches the vehicle and ask for the man’s license and registration. The owner of vehicle

that the officers blows off who is the television director Cameron Thayer and asks why, Officer

Ryan immediately asks him to get out of the car. As this happening, Cameron’s wife – Christine

get out of the car and asks why they are doing this . Officer Ryan tells both of them to stand

against the car so he can frisk them. While frisking the woman- Christine, Officer Ryan

reaches his hand up into the woman‘s crotch in front of both Cameron and officer Tom Hansen.

The next morning, officer Ryan comes across a car accident and as he crawls into the overturned

vehicle, he finds Christine trapped. Upon she recognizing officer Ryan