Seinfeld Fans Overwhelmingly Agree On The Show's Most Moral Character

[TMC]

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Most of the show's characters are deeply morally flawed

When you analyze the characters on "Seinfeld," there's a pattern of selfishness and almost sociopathic behavior that is detected in many of them. In many of the situations they face, the characters will opt for a decision that will benefit their needs alone, even if it comes to a detriment of another.

Jerry, for example, puts his own amusement needs above those he's in relationships with. In "The Voice," he continues to make unwanted jokes about his girlfriend's stomach despite how she is clearly self-conscious about it. In "The Merv Griffin Show" episode, he gets a woman drunk so he can play with her late father's vintage toy collection while she is passed out. To make matters worse, he does this repeatedly, so that both George (Jason Alexander) and Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) can help take advantage of the situation. Jerry's numerous moral flaws also include getting George arrested for shoplifting, making out with his girlfriend at the theater during "Schindler's List," stealing a loaf of marble rye bread from an elderly woman and digging up his neighbor's dead parrot from a pet cemetery. We could go on and on.

Elaine is not better, proving that rotten behavior and a flawed moral compass aren't something the show devoted only to the male characters. To name a few examples, she knowingly made the workplace a horrific environment for a germophobic co-worker ("The Apology"), and she constantly abuses her power and privilege while at the helm of the J. Peterman Catalog.

George is the most neurotic and compulsively lies to everyone throughout the show's nine-season run. These lies are often to make him appear more successful to strangers or old acquaintances but are sometimes used as a device to cover up a scheme.

Kramer has been revealed to be the most moral character on the show

Out of nearly 900 votes cast on Reddit for the most moral Seinfeld character, the lion's share went to none other than Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards). At first, you might be asking yourself how so many people could elevate Kramer to this status, considering his apparent lack of direction, questionable friendships, and forays into some of the most insane situations known in TV Land. But when you analyze the way the character responds to certain events, you'll come to understand that his reactions come from a moral compass that is pointing straight ahead.

Consider his attempt to stop a baby's circumcision in "The Bris." Kramer's interference came purely out of a place of genuine concern for the child, especially after he witnessed how unstable the moil was at the ceremony. This reaction did not go unnoticed by the boy's parents, who later asked Kramer to be their child's godfather.

Kramer also intervened when it became obvious that Elaine was, in his words, "a destructive force" in her friend Noreen's (Kelly Coffield) life. As the series developed, Kramer became known for standing up for the underdog, even though his good intentions often resulted in horrific consequences. When he became convinced that a local hospital was hiding genetically engineered "pig men" for the U.S. government, Kramer took it upon himself to rescue one. Though the "pig man" turned out to be a "fat little mental patient," Kramer's heart was in the right place.

Kramer also suffered injuries when trying to save a rooster from a cockfight, after he had second thoughts about his pet rooster battling with a contender who dwarfed him in size.

[kartguy]

Como's charm came a lot from, never quite figuring out if he was the smartest or the dumbest in the room!

[Duster76]

Originally Posted by TMC

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Utter nonsense.

What was moral about egging George on to take a handicap parking spot?

What was moral about placing a large AC in a window without securing it?

What was moral about stealing lobsters out of commercial lobster traps?

What was moral about dropping a large ball of oil out the window?

What was moral about attempting to steer the back of a fire truck on an emergency call?

What was moral about egging Jerry on to pirate cable?

What was moral about egging Jerry on to take out postal insurance on an already broken stereo?

What was moral about promoting smoking?

I could go on but I think I made my point, the fire truck stunt was nothing short of reckless endangerment, people could have been killed.

[Reinhold_Weege]

I think Susan Ross and perhaps the doctor that diagnosed her death were the most moral characters on Seinfeld.

[icecream]

Originally Posted by Duster76

What was moral about placing a large AC in a window without securing it?

That was just stupid, not immoral.

[icecream]

The most moral character on Seinfeld was Jane Leeves' virgin.

[kartguy]

Originally Posted by icecream

The most moral character on Seinfeld was Jane Leeves' virgin.

Or the dingiest.

[Wawwie]

Originally Posted by Reinhold_Weege

I think Susan Ross and perhaps the doctor that diagnosed her death were the most moral characters on Seinfeld.

My vote also goes to the late Susan Biddle Ross.

[kartguy]

The most moral was John John!