For those of you who have ever seen Showtime’s Dexter, you know the show presents a very convoluted moral question: is murder ever okay? For those who haven’t seen this must-watch series, Dexter is a serial killer who developed the need to kill when, as a young child, he witnessed his mom’s death and was forced to sit in a pool of her blood for days. Unlike most other killers, Dexter recognizes that killing an innocent human is wrong. Accordingly, he only murders “bad” people—murderers and rapists. The people whom Dexter kills are far worse than him. In a way, by taking these murderers out of the world, Dexter is saving more lives than he is taking, as many of his victims are likely to kill again.
Some people think what Dexter does is good. Others (for fair reasons) think it is awful. What do you think? According to Dante’s version of Hell, would Dexter be placed in the circle for murderers? Does he belong among those who kill out of cold blood? Personally, I don’t think Dexter’s murders merit him being in the Circle for murderers, nor do I believe he belongs in Paradise. I think the appropriate place for Dexter is Purgatory—right between Good and Evil, as his actions, too, lie between Good and Evil.
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