In the movie titled, “Gone Baby Gone” we see the writer portray two different kinds of ways of thinking, Consequentialism and Moral Absolute.
Lionel, Remy and the Police Captain all believed in their theory that if they kept Angie away from her mother, Helene, and that if the Police Captain raised her as their own, she would be safe and out of harm or any bad influences. Angie’s mother, Helene, was a drug addict and Lionel, Remy and the Police Captain all believed moving Angie to the Captains house would be the right thing to do in order to keep her on the right path. The way they thought of the situation is called consequentialism. This is the way of thinking where Lionel, Remy and the Police Captain thought of all the benefits Helene’s daughter Angie would have if they followed up with their plan to move Angie to a different place. They faked the death of Angie in order to save her, without considering what her mother Helene would have to go through after the “death” of her daughter
The main character of the movie, Patrick, did not believe this was the right way for them to help a child, because he believed taking the child away from her own mother was too much for the child to handle. He also believed that as Angie’s mother, Helene deserved a chance to once again be united with her daughter again. Here we see Patrick’s way of thinking was different than that of Lionel, Remy and the Police Captain who all believed it would be better if Angie was to be separated from her mother. Patrick’s way of thinking is called Moral Absolute where all Moral and Ethical beliefs come first, then come the consequential ideas.
The Movie takes the side of one thinking way out of the two. The movie chooses Absolute Moral. This is mainly to show the flaws of what Lionel, Remy and the Police Captain all believed. The movie shows that Patrick chooses the way of Moral Absolute and he proves the simplicity in Lionel, Remy and the Police Captain’s plan wasn’t the only way of getting things done.
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