Gone baby Gone is a film about deep philosophical arguments when a girl is kidnapped. Ethical issues arise when Patrick and Angie argue whether they should take up the missing girl’s case. Angie does not want to take the case because she fears that she may find a battered or dead child. Patrick doesn’t want to find her dead either, but since they know the people in the neighborhood and have the skills they should. Angie is taking a utilitarian approach to get the most pleasure and benefit from the situation by not taking the case. Patrick is taking a Kantian ethical approach. Take the case justified by the reason that they need to find out the truth, which is the moral thing to do. The truth is that Patrick plays an important role in the movie, as people keep lying to him.

When Patrick shoots the pedophile, he acts selfishly. He knew he could get away with it. He was so angry and sick that the boy died that he had to meet his own needs. He did not let the courts decide the fate of the pedophile who acted out of his own interest. He questioned his actions afterward and feels bad about it afterward, but he still shot the pedophile. Police Remy Bressant argued with Patrick, saying it was the right thing to do. He acted from an intuitionistic point of view. He saw countless criminals being released for the crimes they committed, so he didn’t feel bad. He understood that the pedophile was guilty and got what he deserved. He didn’t need to reason nor could he understand why someone would.

From the point of view of Aristotelian virtue ethics, Patrick Kenzie is a good person. Patrick promised Amanda’s mother that he would get her daughter back and he did. That was his own moral choice and he would do it no matter the cost. It was his good character, whose ethical virtue is based on that obtained by Amanda. Another example of your good character would be taking the case. He wanted to find Amanda dead, but he would still take the case. His moral choice outweighed the consequences, which is how a virtue ethicist would feel.

Patrick uses the golden mean theory when dealing with the decision to bring Amanda back home. He didn’t want the conspirators to have Amanda, that would be excessive. He didn’t want his mom to have Amanda because that would be too lacking. So she decided to let her mom have her so she could control her. He took a “middle road” that he thought would better follow the situation.

The first option in Gone Baby Gone is that you can call the police and they will take Amanda to her mother. Her mother is a drug addict, she is poor and only cares about herself. The second option in Gone Baby Gone is that you can turn around and let Beloved live a life with fake parents, but who will care more about her. The false parents would be conspirators in his abduction. Utilitarian theory would take the second option. This way everyone is happy. All those who died would not have died. Amanda wouldn’t know. Beloved would have had a more stable life. The answer of the Kantian ethicists would be option one. They would make the right decision and they would want to be consistent.

Children should not be separated from their mothers; therefore, Amanda should not have been separated from her mother. If you make exceptions, it is not fair to children who are actually separated from their mothers in different situations. There would be no respect or order, so there are no exceptions. Angie and Morgan Freedman follow the utilitarian approach. They both know that Amanda would be better off with Morgan Freedman. Patrick couldn’t live with the fact that he let a child be kidnapped when he knows kidnapping is wrong anyway. Follow the Kantian ethical theory. If I were Patrick, I would have done exactly what he did, although I wouldn’t let Amanda go back to her mother. I would let children’s services take care of the problem because a child should never have to grow up in a Jerry Springer environment. I agree with the Kantian ethical theory. “Act only according to that maxim according to which you can at the same time want it to become a universal law of nature.”

Alcohol and drug abuse should not be in the education of children. Amanda shouldn’t be with her mother. I think the only reason Patrick let Amanda go back to her mother is because he was in a relationship with her and grew up with her.