Crimes_And_Misdemeanors

Crimes And Misdemeanors The film Crimes and Misdemeanors, By Woody Allen is a film with a variety of characters who portray different perspectives. With the main theme of the film being truth, whether it is morally right or wrong, is a subject that most of the characters can’t grasp on to. The characters that seem to be the most truthful have the most to hide, where as the characters that are made out to be liars, or who are morally wrong are really the honest ones. What is the difference between honesty and integrity' Is it better to be honest, or to have integrity' Is it possible to have qualities of both' According to Stephen Carter’s article “The Insufficiency of Honesty” there is a big difference between honesty and integrity. Any person can be honest and completely lack integrity. An example used by Carter, is where a man who is on his deathbed confesses to his wife that he was unfaithful in the early years of their marriage (Carter 17). In this example, the man is being honest, but is completely lacking integrity. The man was honest because he finally told his wife the truth, but lacked integrity, because he told her the truth integrity, judah, honest, clifford, honesty, film, being, wife, promises, movie, lester, because, truth, though, passion, made, life, characters, very, strong, man, lack, erotic, delores, carter, both, between, wrong, towering, seems, seem, right, person, mistress, misdemeanors, marriage