On paper, How I Met Your Mother's Marshall Eriksen is the perfect man — but is he, really? Marshall gets to be the moral center of the show, and part of his moral superiority stems from the fact that he’s been with Lily for his entire adult life, and is a doting boyfriend, husband, and father — something that insulates him from the many horrible and manipulative dating decisions made by Barney and Ted. He’s committed to being a good husband, father, and he wants to improve the world. But, upon further inspection, Marshall seems to be just as self-serving and morally limited as the rest of the cast, and he displays How I Met Your Mother’s inherently limited moral outlook...
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Is Marshall the good guy?
00:56 The supposed "moral anchor" of HIMYM
03:45 Working to destroy the world
07:14 How should we judge Marshall?
09:50 HIMYM's ethical map
CREDITS
Executive Producers: Debra Minoff & Susannah Mccullough
Chief Creative Director: Susannah Mccullough
Associate Producer: Tyler Browner
Writers: Eric Thurm and Kathy DiStefano
Narrator: Alani Waters
Video Editor: Julian Holmes
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