Sublimation

As Freud has pointed out, there exists some mechanisms of defense. Among these mechanisms, sublimation is probably the best one for the development of mankind and society. It converts the socially unacceptable attitude into a praised behavior. The most interesting (and probably most worrying) example would be it changes a sadist to a dentist. People will pay you to be inhumane.

Living in a field so strange, I can at least tell a few examples of people doing great things because of the mechanism. But it is better not to do it for the reason that Batman has suggested in The Dark Knight. "Sometimes truth is not good enough. Sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve their faith rewarded." They should imagine that all of my colleagues and seniors are born to be something good, free of insane ideas, and ready to save their lives for the sake of humanity.

Speaking of Batman movies(again), do you notice that the motive of Bruce Wayne is at first for an ungraceful revenge? In the world of Christianity, it is actually not quite a moral attitude, but then, he has sublimated to become a fearful one to the bent cops and the mobs. He might not realize himself, but he is perhaps one of the few who can turn the anger to the correct targets. If he ever should fall and get into a slightly deviated track he would immediately become someone like Bane, or Joker.

Harvey Dent was a failed example. He might at first sublimated his inhumanity to become a White Knight. However, pushed by the Joker, he put his guns towards the wrong targets. "Madness is like gravity, all you need is a little push." The Joker expressed how hard it is to maintain the sublimation.

The Batman Movies are never a mere superhero film, like Avengers.