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Some movies present impossible dilemmas for Knights and Gardeners. (Warning: plot spoilers ahead.)  Gone Baby Gone and Watchmen end with the world saved by the commission of secret, unconscionable acts. These movies beg questions for Knights and Gardeners—should the secrets be brought to light at the risk of destroying the world, or should the world remain saved even if it means keeping a dirty secret? Were these secret, unconscionable acts truly unethical? Does the end justify the means?

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