Saving Private Ryan Ethical Issues

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Saving Private Ryan has been acclaimed as one of the most realistic portrayal of combat ever depicted in film. LaRocca (2014) explains the plot which is about a troop of soldiers who are sent behind enemy lines to rescue Private James Ryan whose three brothers had been killed in active combat. The commanders decide to get Private Ryan out of the frontline to save the mother the agony of having to receive a fifth telegram of the death of the dead son. The film has many themes but what stands out is the moral realism of war. LaRocca(2014), states this aspect as a premise that has led to analysis in many quarters on the morality of war. In a critique done by William Prior four moral themes are put forward in the analysis of the film. The first