"Indecent Proposal"

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This paper examines the theory that humans do not create conditions of their free will, instead they experience positive and adverse experiences because of the society we live in and the environment that we are surrounded with. It uses as an example the movie "Indecent Proposal" where a man desperate for money allows his wife to spend one night with a billionaire in exchange for one million dollars and discusses why such an offer is legitimate in the norm of today's society.

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"From the idealist point of view this incident should not have occurred in the first place, and the reason why Robert Redford offers them a million dollars is because he wants to help them out that is to say he is altruistic rather then lecherous. From Woody Harrelson's perspective, he does it because now the society he lives in and the social norms allow him to decide to believe that the money he and Demi Moore will get out values the emotions she has or the morals she has to sleep with another man when she is already happily married."

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