Justice or Justification? Examining Morality in the Dexter Series

This essay delves into the complex morality of the character Dexter Morgan from the TV series "Dexter," examining whether he is a vigilante or simply a serial killer. It explores the concept of vigilante justice, the "Code of Harry," and Dexter's unique sense of morality, where he acts as judge, jury, and executioner. The essay contrasts Dexter's actions with utilitarian ethics and the morality of Batman, highlighting the differences in their approaches to justice and crime. Ultimately, the essay questions whether Dexter is right or wrong, suggesting that he embodies a darker fantasy of justice that society often desires but cannot condone.

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In spite of the fact that we are a culture that puts stock in an arrangement of laws and a
legal framework, we perceive that the framework is a long way from idealize. The blameworthy
frequently go unpunished and keep on causing agony and enduring. The blameless are not
secured. The vigilante demonstrates an approach to work around the framework to achieve what
should be finished. In any case, the inquiry is that what happens if a vigilante is not right and if
the vigilante follows up on his own will, at that point blameless individuals can be hurt. Our true
personalities realize that individuals all the time do commit errors. It minds realize that
individuals are not as talented as the circumstance frequently requests. Our dreamland where we
make the most of our fiction is where individuals are more brilliant than in reality, and they are
more talented than in reality.
As indicated by the definition vigilante is an individual from a self-blessed gathering of
nationals who attempt law requirement in their locale without lawful specialist commonly, on the
grounds that the legitimate organizations are believed to be lacking. It can also debated whether
Dexter is actually a vigilante or not (Antoko, Natsir & Valiantien). Since it is clear in numerous
scenes that he himself attacks numerous cases with the goal that the criminal can go free and he
can keep him for himself. Be that as it may, he isn't only some other serial executioner since he
has figured out how to legitimize his killings through the Code of Harry (D'Cruz). With the Code
of Harry he can satisfy his inclination and help the general public by slaughtering individuals
who should pass on.
Dexter is a character that operates with a sense of morality that is not similar to anyone.
This states that if a killer commits a murder, he or she deserves to die. In the TV show, this is
referred as the code of Harry. In the season 8 of the show, the audience found out that this
morality was not taught to him. He acts with his own sense of judgment and he himself is the

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judge, the jury and the executioner. Before committing the executions, he shows the photos of
the victims to the killers who is a victim to Dexter. This is a perfect indication of showing to the
murderer that what he or she did was indeed unjust and therefore deserves to die. It is debatable
whether he is just doing this act for fun because if he was playing a role to fulfill his urges, then
there was no need to show the photos of the victims (Badia, Arias, and Brumme). Therefore, it
can be said that Dexter is more than just an ordinary serial killer, despite the fact he has the
urges, he also wields a stronger weapon than a knife or a gun, that is justice.
On an utilitarian ideology, it could be contended that Dexter is completing an ethically
reasonable or right thing. Utilitarian just take a gander at outcomes, not aims, thus regardless of
whether Dexter is satisfying his inclinations is immaterial. What makes a difference is that
Dexter is slaughtering individuals who are greatly prone to murder others and accordingly
damage individuals' inclination not to be executed or deny them of their joy throughout everyday
life. However according to the popular theory that if a person kills a murderer, the number of
murderers in the world does not decrease, but it remains the same. What matters is that Dexter is
slaughtering individuals who have become lost despite a general sense of vigilance of the equity
framework, so while a utilitarian would dislike capital punishment by and large. For example, an
utilitarian would bolster this as this is the best way to stop them yet to keep them all secured up a
chamber some place where they would most likely execute each other or escape. Dexter Morgan
did not have any discipline, to do precisely as he need and take after his inclinations with add up
to dismissal of human conduct: So he is a complainer and an insane person without any behavior,
relatively like a 2 year old. However, well, it appears as if he never had a genuine parent who set
aside the opportunity to really instruct from what is right and what is wrong.

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Counter to this ethical quality, there is the ethical quality of the well known superhero
Batman, which expresses that by no means can or should Batman end an existence, in Batman's
wold individuals may should kick the bucket, yet he can't decide. Dexter and Batman have
significantly more in like manner that one may think. Beside slaughtering they are fundamentally
the same as, both viewed the merciless murder of no less than one of their folks. Dexter watched
his mom be butchered with a cutting apparatus and sat in her blood for three days, Bruce Wayne
viewed both of his folks get gunned around Joe Chill in a robbing turned out badly (Iftene). After
these occurrences both were raised by assenting fathers (Dexter by Harry Morgan and Bruce by
Alfred Pennyworth) both of these receptive dads asked their "children" to do great on the planet
and gave them any assistance and preparing that they would require. Both Dexter and Batman
are exceedingly prepared, tremendously insightful, and all around prepared to do their work. At
last one of their most comparative characteristics is that they progress toward becoming who
they really are in their dim adjust personality. Dexter's Dark Passenger is his genuine self, much
like Bruce Wayne's Dark Knight is his actual self. The main distinction that these two truly
share, beside riches and decision of area, is that Bruce forgoes executing, and Dexter does not.
Bruce needs to impart fear in the culprits of Gotham like they have done to others, however he
won't stoop to their level. Dexter's reasoning is the inverse, to ingrain fear into lawbreakers, he
should stoop to their level.
Batman’s ethical quality is the thing that a great many people would call "right and just."
It is flawlessness, and that is the reason individuals like it, it is something that we cannot plan to
accomplish. Dexter is a prominent show since it engages our dim dreams of genuine discipline
for the individuals who merit it, yet when faced with the real decision of what they accept is
correct, individuals will take after the Batman morality. Dexter Morgan is as right or as wrong as

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the some other superhero. The idea of the business is that the man of his word carries on with a
twofold life and works in the law's obscuration. He is a superhuman with the superpower of
executing skillfully and without regret.
Harry knew he could not prevent Dexter from executing people ever since he saw the
killing inscticts in him. Therefore, he encouraged him to just slaughter the culprits who had
become away with it (Scanlon & Huijie). Both because Harry needed to yet proved unable, and
furthermore on the grounds that the cops would not work hard examining their vanishings. Is it
true that he is making the best choice? Not under any condition. He is doing what must be done
when we neglect to. Ideally, he would not have any liberated killers to follow. In any case, at that
point he would execute blameless individuals, so it is in an ideal situation thusly.

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