Describe at least a dozen potential moral, ethical, clinical, and legal issues in the movie Good Will Hunting? What legal standard or ethics code were broken in this movie as well? Also what were the consequences of his decision/behaviors on the therapy?

Here are some issues raised by the film Good Will Hunting:
1) Child abuse: Will is a survivor of child abuse, and the resulting trauma this has caused in his life is where much of the conflict of the film centers.
2) Lying (Will is a liar): Issues of trust and truth come up repeatedly in the film. Will constantly misleads people about his past, although the reasons for his lying vary. Because of his background as an abused chilld, Will is reluctant to trust anyone.
3) Foster care: Will is an orphan. His childhood, spent in a series of abusive foster homes, suggests that the state bears some responsibility for his abuse.
4) The judicial system: Similarly, the judicial system is suspect in the film, since the law (as it applies to Will) seems incapable of recognizing his potential. It takes the intervention of Lambeau to get Will out of a jail term that would undoubted prove disastrous to him emotionally like his earlier court-ordered foster care.
5) Marginalization of women: The film is about men caring for other men. The one female character, Will’s girlfriend Skylar, is little more than a reward for his emotional healing.
6) Transgressive therapy techniques: Sean utilizes a number of non-standard or problematic techniques in his sessions with Will. For one thing, Sean assaults Will during their first session; for another, Sean gives regular reports to Lambeau about his confidential sessions with Will.
7) Fighting: Physical conflict is a recurring theme in the film. The story begins with Will’s participation in a bar brawl, and the sense in much of the film is that violence is lurking just under the surface of Will’s personality.
8) Use of the abuse photos: Sean’s use of Will’s sealed records in the climactic scene is potentially problematic legally and ethically.
9) Elitism: Will’s journey from laborer to intellectual is shepherded along by elite males: first, Lambeau, who gets him into therapy, and then Sean, the therapist of last resort. The idea that Will is marked for greatness is underlined by his friend Chuckie, who tells Will that he would be wasting his potential by remaining a laborer.
10) Therapy: The film has a complex relationship to therapy and therapists. Will goes through five therapists before finding Sean; he is able to “game” the system by reading up on the therapists and saying things he thinks they want to hear. Sean, on the other hand, is able to reach Will because of his willingness to break the “rules” of therapy and reveal his own vulnerability to his patient.
11) Freedom: The movie suggests that Will’s freedom is tied to his emotional self-awareness and his ability to connect to others (Sean, in particular). It is only after he is able to confront the trauma of his past that he is able to move towards personal fulfillment, symbolized by his drive to California.
12) Isolation: Will is emotionally isolated. Because of the shame and anger he feels about his childhood abuse, he is unable to be emotionally open with anyone. Although Will sees this as an expression of strength and control, the movie works to show that these feelings are harmful and limiting.
13) Genius: Will is a genius. His intellect is a kind of superpower that he must learn to harness by developing his emotional intelligence. In this sense, the film supports the idea of the “genius” as an exceptional person whose talents cannot be wasted.
There are so many issues the film raises.
While everyone talks about the cathartic final “not your fault” sequence between Will and Sean, the film’s ideology (in particular, its uncritical embrace of patriarchy) can be very problematic.
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