Movie Summary Of The Movie Black Hawk Down - 761 Words

Movie Summary The movie Black Hawk Down is based on a true story. It takes place in Somalia in October of 1993. A warlord by the name of Mohamed Farrah Aidid seized control of Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia. He accomplished this by capturing shipments of international food supplies at the ports and used hunger as his weapon. More than 300,000 Somalians died by starvation. The United States responded by sending in Delta Force, U.S. Army Rangers, and the 160TH Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) to capture Mohamed. It was a mission that was to only last three weeks but, turned into six weeks. General Garrison, commanding general of the U.S. forces, formulated a plan to capture two high value targets to try and draw†¦show more content†¦You can see how SSG Eversmen does not agree with the answer they got. His reaction brought forth the principle of utility also known as the greatest-happiness principle. This principle states, â€Å"when choosing a course of action, always pick the one that will maximize happiness and minimize unhappiness for the greatest number of people† (Rosenstand, p.232). In SSG Eversmen’s eyes, intervening would have maximized the happiness of those starving by allowing them to get to eat and saving them from getting shot. Another moral issue that appears is during a conversation between Staff Sergeant Eversmen and a few of his brothers in arms. The platoon’s lieutenant is reading a book about Somalian culture and is laughing about some of the things he is reading. One of the sergeants tells the lieutenant that Staff Sergeant Eversmen likes the Somalian people. Staff Sergeant Eversmen explains it’s not a matter of liking them or not liking them, he is just trying to better understand them. This points out one of the six problems of ethical relativism. The problem is not criticizing or praising cultures. In other words, â€Å"we have no right to criticize other cultures, period† (Rosenstand, p.131). Staff Sergeant Eversmen was trying to be understanding of not just the Somalian culture, but also, the civil war they were in the middle of. A final moral issue happens when one of Staff Sergeant Eversmen’s good friends, Sergeant Smith, gets shot. The wound caused by the bulletShow MoreRelatedBook Report on the Wilding1217 Words   |  5 PagesSummary Josh Saunders, a student living in Santa Feliz has something terrible happen to him. He becomes one of the creatures he feared most of, a Wildling. He becomes half-human, half-mountain lion. Josh is on the news everywhere and only trusts his friends Marina and Desmond to back him up. However, Marina has been keeping her wildling a secret from her best friends for many months now. As the friends try to live a normal life, they meet Elzie and other wildlings. 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