Before we get into this, ask yourself a simple question: where do I stand on the idea that the ends justify the means? Because, at the end of this article, you will have to make a choice, and it pretty much hinges on what your answer is to this question.Imagine you are facing the prospect of world peace, but it depends on telling a huge lie. Or hiding a terrible truth. And what’s more, it also involves murdering millions of people. It’s like sacrificing a sheep so that the divine will grant you something really nice.On one hand, you have your conscience and morality; on the other, world peace. What do you choose?This very convoluted dilemma is at the heart of the 2009 movie Watchmen. What you see in it is a villainous scheme; what you take out of it is a philosophical crisis.So, let’s dig deeper into Rorschach’s uncompromising moral act, Ozymandias’ great deceit, and the game of ethical tug-of-war that still continues today. Because you know it as well as I do, this is not about what happens; it’s about what you think should happen.The PremiseIn a reimagined reality of 1985—where Richard Nixon is serving his fifth term—intelligent and resourceful masked vigilantes have taken to fighting crime. Walter Kovacs, a.k.a. Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley), one of the masked crime fighters, suspects the vigilantes are under attack. His investigation, however, finds out something far more devastating—and that’s the big reveal we are talking about.Adrian Veidt, a.k.a. Ozymandias (Matthew Goode),...
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