The essence of ethics can be directly correlated with practical reasoning, and it is defined by various characteristics including good right, virtue and freedom. The growth of our nations government has politicized life and weakened our nations moral fabric. Government intervention – in the community and amongst society – has initiated a great deal of moral decay in America. One cannot blame the government for all of society’s ills, but there is no doubt that social legislation over the past years has had a negative impact on virtue. The awareness of a still existing societal problem that is a profound subject found in history: the involvement that the government has with racism and discrimination, is constantly lingering throughout society. These issues have been widely addressed through media, in movies such as Fruitvale Station, and by philosophers such as Aristotle and Paul W. Taylor as well. The subject of morality in relation to discrimination is covert and engrained in the minds of the public, and it is witnessed on a day-to-day basis throughout society. Discrimination combined with racism leads race to be constructed in categories through social segregation and results in the undermining of certain individuals. Racial prejudice and discrimination extends far beyond the typical Americanized perception of an ongoing battle between white and black people. This disjuncture in society core has allowed for various injustices to be put upon black americans. The film Fruitvale Station shows a very vivid example of how the government racially discriminated against a black man, and intervened in something without knowing the context of the entire situation. In the film, the police officer that shot Oscar was using his authoritative power to wrongfully hold a black man. The entire force of police explicitly demonstrated racism towards Oscar and his friends by using extreme aggression towards them without knowing what had actually ha