Joker, one of the most controversial films of 209, is based on the life of a man named Arthur Fleck, who lives with his mother and takes on the role of a husband and a son. He has a condition in which he laughs involuntarily but that happens when he sees societal failures and instead of crying he laughs. The film highlights how having just one bad day, can be the end of it all and drive a stable man insane. Arthur is a product of chaos due to a society with a lack of morals and civilization, with only the rich in power which causes Arthur to morph into a monster known as Joker. Arthur observes three of Thomas Wayness employees harassing a woman on the train. The woman glances at Aurthur in hopes that he will help her, but Aurthur ignores her and looks away. Arthur then started laughing uncontrollably which drew the employees attention from the woman to him.
The three employees attacked Aurthur and proceeded to beat him. Arthur managed to grab his gun shot two of the employees out of self-defense and chased after the other to kill him. Arthur had a split moment of regret as he contemplated suicide. This is the moral dilemma of the film because Arthurs actions would be justified because the employees were beating him and he had to defend himself however, he should have spared the life of the last employee. Instead, Arthur hunted him down and killed him until his bullets ran out. Fleck did not kill the last employee out of self-defense, he killed him because he wanted him dead. Arthur gains satisfaction in killing three of Thomas Waynes employees because, in the next scene, he dances in victory. The Joker is a moral nihilist because he does not consider his actions immoral and sees morals as nothing but a joke.