Moyers Vs. Frontline

Moyers Vs. Frontline

The difference between the Frontline video and the Moyers video is mainly that the Moyers video deals with normative ethics and the

Frontline video deals with discriptive ethics. The Frontline video frightenly describes how George Walker bush came to develop

the principles

and values which guide his policy making. The Moyers video, on the other hand, dealt with how Sister Joan felt about the president's policies,

and what she hoped the conservative Christian right would do to become more succinct with gospel teachings. Both sides have elements of

both normative and discriptive ethics, but for the most part, they are polar in motivation.

The Moyers video gives a rather surprising account of the Bush policies from the perspective of a very politically active Catholic nun.

Sister Joan criticizes the president for everything from his policies on Iraq to the conservative view on abortion. Sister Joan poigniantly displays

Bush as an egotistical, confused absolutist who's own agenda is the only one he relies on. Not that Sister Joan is wrong, but the Moyers video

paints him not as coniving, but as misguided. At the end of the Moyers video, one has a sense that he truly believes what he's doing is right.

When he makes the comment as governor, that God wants him to be president, I think he really believes it. To make a statement like that isn't

just meglomania, it's political suicide...unless you actually believe it and happen to be a member of a faith that believes God does things like

pick presidents.

The president's interest in faith-based initiatives, is perhaps best contrasted against Sister Joan's response to the Conservative pro-life