Transformation of Altruism in Turkish Cinema

Turkish

Cinema, as a reflector of relations between people, has the ability to construct certain behaviors and actions. Cinema, which can have positive and negative effects on shaping social relations, is a means of transmission of social culture and morality-based thought system. Elements of the classical narrative structure such as plot, cause-effect relationship and identification are essential in making sense of the film and ensuring conformity. The problematic of what is good and bad in a structure where good is rewarded and bad is punished has made it necessary to look at the concept of goodness in the opening of moral philosophy and cultural codes of society from a different perspective. In this direction, starting from the fact that altruism occupies a large part of moral philosophy, the details that distinguish selfishness from morality and consider altruism as moral were mentioned in the cinema. In this context, the data obtained through descriptive analysis were analyzed and interpreted within a philosophical and sociological framework. As a result, it has been revealed that altruism has shifted from a glorified action to a denigrated action in the analyzed films.