Ethics of Character

During the duration of the movie, you consistently see the battle of morality and the struggle to determine what is right and wrong by the youths of the boarding school. Peer pressure provokes other students to behave unethically just as it happens in real life. This is a common part of growth and development as a human being. We are often faced with these trials and tribulations, but many people believe that it is these trials and tribulations that make us stronger.

In the movie, “The Emperor’s Club”, this belief is proven as the troubled young boy learns the errors of his ways with the help from his persistent and caring teacher. One of the memorable quotes from the movies is as follows, “Aristophanes once wrote, roughly translated; “Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but STUPID lasts forever.

In order to become the person that one should be, we must make the correct and ethical decisions in our lives. We must be able to distinguish right from wrong and good from bad. However, I also firmly believe that in order to make the right decisions we must grow and experience life by making the wrong decisions. Our path to righteousness is paved with several speed bumps. In order to slow down we must go over these speed bumps. In other words, before we can become the person that we want to be we must all make mistakes.

In conclusion, we are tested morally and ethically every day. Almost every decision that way make can be looked at from an ethical standpoint. Before we can grow as individuals and become all we can be we must learn from our mistakes. In doing so, we discover right from wrong and inevitably build our character, thus, making us into stronger human beings.