In the two films Primary Colors and Godfather, there is a difficult distinction of where the line can be drawn between what is business and what is morally wrong. Morals are important to have, but sometimes we have to make exceptions. The Godfather paints a portrait of a family that loves each other and protects one another just like any close knitted family, except they happened to be gangsters that dabbled in murder and crime. …showed first 75 words of 694 total…

…showed last 75 words of 694 total…I have such a pessimistic view of morality and realized that with our capitalist criterion of success, we don’t stop to wonder if what we are doing is right or wrong. Our president can lie and his popularity rises among the younger people. Essentially I am taking the Machiavellian view that the end justifies the means in this society. Is this because we have been so programmed to expect the corruptibility of human nature?