Feature Briony Addey 27 Sep 2013 - 07:00
Briony explores the ethics in play in the Dexter finale, Remember The Monsters. Philosophy and spoilers ahoy...
Warning: this feature contains Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, and spoilers for the Dexter finale.
Dexter did have an epiphany in the series finale; he understood that having relationships with others might help him in various ways, but for those others, the relationship with him is necessarily toxic and destructive. We definitely know that Dexter has eschewed personal relationships in his new, more limited life, what is less clear is if Dexter has kicked his dark passenger out of the car for good.
Inscribed on the walls at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi was the maxim ‘Know Thyself’. In my article ‘How will Dexter End?’ I said that the character of Dexter is a reflection of a kind of pervasive selfishness that we can see in the world around us.
Briony explores the ethics in play in the Dexter finale, Remember The Monsters. Philosophy and spoilers ahoy...
Warning: this feature contains Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, and spoilers for the Dexter finale.
Dexter did have an epiphany in the series finale; he understood that having relationships with others might help him in various ways, but for those others, the relationship with him is necessarily toxic and destructive. We definitely know that Dexter has eschewed personal relationships in his new, more limited life, what is less clear is if Dexter has kicked his dark passenger out of the car for good.
Inscribed on the walls at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi was the maxim ‘Know Thyself’. In my article ‘How will Dexter End?’ I said that the character of Dexter is a reflection of a kind of pervasive selfishness that we can see in the world around us.
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