Orson Wells 1984, Blade Runner, Thomas Moore Utopia, minority Report.
gun laws, massarces, rape, inequioty, injustices, prejudices, riddled with the consequences of the free will and free minded. Restrictions of laws and the increased surveillience
is a peaceful existence worth conformity and total control?
Psycho-Pass explores societal and psychological themes by thoroughly delving into the human psyche via an animated medium. based on the ethical theory of consequentialism, in which the only factor taken into account when determining the ethics of a situation is the end result. the correct decision is the one with the most favourable results. How this society and our own deal with the ethical issues surrounding crime, the various characters interact with the system, brining forth their own perspective on the Sibyl System, in which we are able to live through them to learn more of the beauty and the flaws of the society they live in. Actively engaging in the intellectual boxing rink of the ethics in which to stand for.
the hue of Psycho Pass would most certainly be gray as black and white simply do not exist. The moral ambiguity and moral boundaries
The moral ambiguity and moral boundaries culminating on the basis of moral compromise
philosophical rhetoric. An error , flaw, disruption, rip in the fabric of the Sybil system Shogo Makishima is a renegade a rebel, a hero against the restraints of the society but he too could be the image of both the villain and the victim of the system. he feels displaced and deviant within the structure of society itself.[23]
hero and villain become intertwined in an eternal dance of Yin and Yang
An outcast, not able to be scanned deemed ‘criminally systematic’. His isolation from not being recognized inspired his actions that cause a threat Tsunrmori as well as appropriately bringing forth the question of the system she chooses to defend.
the outcast is absorbed as an integral part of the sytstem that was unable to recognize him.
Quoting the likes of Kierkegaard and Rousseu with Dantesque flare. to further implement his emphasis of the free will Makashima believes a decision only has importance because of the motivation and will of the person deciding, an opinion that is much more representative of virtue-
Individual liberty,” he writes, “is not an asset of civilization.” In this world view, people had freedom before there was civilization, and the story ever since has been a systematic endeavor to curtail it. This is mostly in the form of sanctioned violence monopolized by the state, but also through forms of mind-control, which even the most “free-thinking” among us do not realize we are undergoing. “Civilization has to make every effort to limit man’s aggressive drives and hold down their manifestations through the formation of psychical reactions,” Freud writes later in Civilization and its Discontents.
In the conclusion of the series, Tsuenmori is revealed to the system’s secret, the mechanics and where the faults lie. It.
The comparison of Makishima to Kagima parallels and is relative to the
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The realism is solidified by the oblivious sense of free will and relative autonomy within the oppressive system
Nobody is ostracized or banished, as long as their crime-coefficient doesn’t go up.
Psycho-Pass differs in critical ways, providing a more sophisticated reflection on “dys-utopia.” This nightmare doesn’t feel like a nightmare, it is a deadly dream.
The Sybil System is composed of a collective brain, more accurately a collective conscious. A sum of the asystematic that derives from the conformed and the standards set by the system. The paradox of a system solely based off the diversity combined to a whole to create conformity. The Sibyl System, Big Brother, the omnipresent utilitarian which governs the fictitious state. Targeting individuals who are considering performing actions that might cause stress to others.But this raises the question of whether it is morally and socially acceptable to charge individuals with crimes they have not yet committed. Is this preemptive judgment fair? Does the potential to commit a crime necessarily correlates with actually committing the crime? this is Sybil’s most glaring flaw.
overriding the individual’s needs in favor of general social value. It is morally and socially acceptable to kill individuals who may potentially commit crimes, so long as we accept that the harm that criminal causes to society outweigh the harm we cause to an individual who is falsely charged. In other words, the Sibyl System operates on the principles of opportunity cost and acceptable risk. But relying on the Sibyl System paradoxically creates a society which fears no crime as a whole, but individuals who personally fear the consequences of the Sibyl System’s verdicts.
Emotional repression is also explored in Psycho-Pass. The identification of latent criminals is partially based around the avoidance of emotions that society judges to be negative, such as sadness or anger. To avoid being identified as a latent criminal, one must not feel these emotions heavily outside, where their Psycho-Pass can be scanned. Kotaku states, “because of these scans, Psycho-Pass shows an interesting future where ‘mental beauty’ is as sought after as physical beauty.” The performance, qualifications of a citizen are relative factors to the cleanliness of their hues and their ability to satisfy the system. Valuing hue color as an asset provides availability and access. Tsunemori achieves such a high ranking position within the society could be due to her abiding the system or possibility of the risk she has to it.
moral compromises, the ambiguities, the feints-and-parries required in a society that says you are free, but in which you sense you are not. It’s about the survival techniques that are needed to function within the spooky, Orwellian limitations of a society that ultimately, like Tsunemori, you believe in
with the state of politics and government as it is, it could be true that the society we seek and pursue is one of
