Philosophers talking about the new Star Wars (SPOILERS)

polishedlake:

Daniel Silvermint — Choices and Commitments

This movie had me thinking a lot about choices and commitments. About facing things even when you know it’ll hurt. Near the end, two characters walk out onto a bridge, and what happens next is predictable. But not in a cheap, lazy writing kind of way. It’s predictable because it’s the inevitable result of who the two characters, in that moment, resolve to be.

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• "To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize."