Film Analysis

In Health Care Ethics

(NR-NUR127)

Submitted by:
ACOSTA, Patricia Rain Nicole – Made the PPT presentation; Clarifications
A&B
GATCHALIAN, Sofia – Clarifications C & D
HABANA, Evie Key – Application A & B
MAGTIBAY, Christiel John – Compiled all the answers; Action
MALICAT, Thessa Millen – Judgment B & C
PARCERO, Leticia Prescila – Application C, Judgment A
(Grp 1)
BSN22

Submitted to:
Sir Robbie Cruz, RN, MAN
FILM TITLE: “Ipaglaban Mo – Paasa”

I. Clarifications
A. What is/are the main issues in the film? What are the benefits, burdens and risks involved?
-The main issue in the film is about the accountability of giving fake promise of marriage, “true
love does not ask for anything in return”. The benefit that the victim can get is she will win the
case is that the guy will pay for all the false assurances that he promised to the victim. Also, he
can cause no further damage to the victim. A burden to consider is that the victim’s normal life
has been affected due to early pregnancy. On the other hand, the risk involved is that the
health of the victim is compromised due to early pregnancy and the problem or stress caused
by the false assurance which can affect her psychologically/emotionally while she is still
pregnant.

B. What values of the main characters are shown in the film? What beliefs or viewpoints do
they uphold?
-The first main character is Jessica, she is a high school student that is influenced to use a
dating application in hopes of finding the man of her dream. She believes that marriage is
important before engaging herself with sexual activities. The second main character is Enzo,
who holds an instant fascination for Jessica upon matching their personalities from the dating
application. However, has something evil in mind. He just used Jessica’s weakness to get what
he wants, which is to be sexually gratified.

C. What are the aspects in the film which show two opposing points of view?
-In the film, it was seen that the Jessica’s perspective regarding sexual intercourse is different
from Enzo’s. There were multiple times in the film in which the Jessica rejected and did not give
consent to the Enzo to have sexual intercourse with her because she is not ready yet and
wants it to happen after marriage while the Enzo insists to have sexual intercourse with the
Jessica because he was very eager to do it and he even told her that he can't resist her.
Another part which shows two opposing points of view happened at the court, where Jessica
said that she was asked by Enzo to have sexual intercourse multiple times with him but she
refused it until it came to the point when she said yes and she believes that the guy used her
weakness to get what he wants and dumped her afterwards. On the guy's point of view, he
stated that the sexual intercourse that happened was consensual.
 D. What did the characters do in the film to show their stand?
-Jessica and her parents showed their stand by taking it into legal actions where they let Enzo
be arrested by the police for them to discuss the issue in the court. With regards to the Enzo’s
side, he showed his stand by defending himself in the court with the accusations against him.
Both characters were able to show their stand, however, it depends on whose stand is morally
and ethically right.

II. Application
A. Discuss any concept/s or any ethical/bioethical principles which is/are related to the film.
Autonomy
-The victim is a 17 year old innocent girl who used a dating application as her pass time.
She met a stranger on the said application and fell for his personality without knowing his
true intention. Jessica, the victim, has the ability to decide for herself despite of her age.
Even though it is clear that the perpetrator deceived her, based on the situation, the
deceitful act wouldn’t be possible without her consent.
Justice
-Although there’s an act of cooperation or consent from the victim, the court judged the
perpetrator guilty beyond a reasonable doubt with the crime of seduction by means of false
promises.
Principle of Stewardship
-This principle emphasized the importance of our actions and decisions. Because we are
responsible for our own well-being, we are responsible on how we will use our freedom.
The film shown how each character used their freedom and the consequences of their
actions and decisions. The perpetrator used his freedom to manipulate his young and
innocent victim for his own benefit. On the other hand, the victim trust the person she just
met on an online app without any background knowledge about him which caused her life
to change, drastically.
False Promises
-The perpetrator used sugarcoated flowery words to accomplish his evil motive. He saw
how young and naïve his victim was, so he proposed several times to make it looked like
he really mean to marry her. His plan worked out after getting the trust of his victim through
false promises.
 B. Considering the main issue in the film, when decisions have to be made, what should be the
stronger basis? Giving the greatest benefit or according to ethical rules? Or both? Explain.
-The conflict between doing something for your own benefit and following the ethical rules varies on
different situations. When the greatest benefit is for the sake of many, you can set aside the rules,
but of course there are conditions to verify this. The episode of Ipaglaban Mo (Paasa), wherein a
young and innocent lady was deceived by means of false promises, the basis of judgement must
be the ethical rules. It is unethical to make someone believe on something for your own benefit.
This act can have a great impact on the person’s well-being, it can affect her/him mentally and
emotionally. The court saw this angle of the stories, so even if the perpetrator defend himself by
saying that the victim also wants what happened, the court still convicted him as guilty beyond a
reasonable doubt with the crime of seduction by means of false promises.

C. If there’s a conflict between benefits and rules, how will you prioritize? Weigh which should be
the first consideration? Why?
-Rules should be prioritized first before the benefit. If one cannot bring him or herself to follow the
rules first and prioritized the benefit, one may not know the consequences it may cause because of
just following one's advantage. Rules tell us what we should and we should not do, it practices our
decisions to think what is right and wrong not only for the benefit of us but also for the other people
around us. It is a kind of process or steps to be followed for a better outcome. If you follow what
you think is beneficial for you without actually limiting yourself for other people's concern, then that
benefit may become a conflict.

III. Judgment
A. Is the film presenting a way to improve a man’s life or to degrade/destroy it? Explain.
-The protagonist's life became miserable and got destroyed because of Enzo that she just met
online without even knowing the real face of him. She became pregnant and the moment she told
him about it, that's the time that his real motive behind the courtship showed. The film presented
how the teenage protagonist's life went downhill, her education was trampled by that one incident,
the expectation of her parents turned into a disappointment and her being a teenage mom is
already a disgraceful and damaging part for her. But in some way, it presented a way to improve
man's life, it may have shown a reason why it should be labeled as being destroyed but at the end
of the film the protagonist managed to build herself as an individual who learned a lot from her past
mistakes. She faced her fears of becoming a teenage mom as she seize the justice she deserved
by fighting for her rights from getting swindled by a man that used her for his own benefit and the
fact that as an adult, him pursuing a minor and not taking responsibility after impregnating her is
 already considered a crime. She was too young to realize how the world actually works and that
situation made her become stronger and molded her to become wiser.

B. If your answer is to improve, is there a modification that can be done to further enhance the
situation? If your answer is to degrade/destroy, suggest an alternative way to prevent
degradation/destruction.
-The situation in the film “Ipaglaban Mo (Paasa)” wherein in the guy was married with two woman is
presenting the degradation/destruction of man. Being married with two different people is already an
ethical issue especially if you are a Roman Catholic because it is said in the Bible that getting
married is sacred and you must only be married to one person wherein you will have to commit your
life with it. With the situation, both parties (wives) can be emotionally destroyed. To prevent this kind
of destruction, the guy should’ve stayed loyal and faithful to his wife because not only the wives will
be affected but also their children. That can be a cause of the child/children to be rebellious.

C. What are the possible difficulties/problems which will be met if you were to enhance the situation
and if you were to prevent degradation/destruction?
-If the situation will be kept on going both parties will be emotionally destroyed, their children will be
affected. The guy being married with two different women will have the difficulty to hide his other
family and might feel the guilt. There will be no problem if the situation was prevented, if the guy
stated loyal and faithful no one will be hurt. Not the legal wife, not the lawyer (wife), not their children
and even the one whose above us. And no one will be feeling the guilt of hurting someone.

IV. Action
Choose a character in the film that needed to decide. If you were that character, what could you have
done after weighing the pros and cons of the circumstances surrounding you?

-I would choose Jessica as the character in the film that needed to decide. Her character made a
striking impact to me upon watching the recap of the episode of “Ipaglaban Mo: Paasa”. If I were her,
after I have weighed the pros and cons of the circumstances that surrounds me, of course I would
choose to decide what is ethically right and what is best for me. Based from her situation, if I were
Jessica, I would not easily fall for those dating applications since that is not proven to be always
accurate. The identities of those behind the people on the application might not be true. I would also
keep in mind that true love waits, if it is the right time for you to meet that special someone in your life,
then you will meet him/her, it should not be rushed. By being disciplined in that way, I believe that
certain ethical issues may be prevented.