Because the whole fucking definition of morality is caring about other people, and the whole romantic tragedy of mobster movies like The Godfather is how their capacity to care is powerful yet stunted by their circumstances https://twitter.com/financebroseph/status/1353879111048044544 …
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There is an element of tragedy in how Michael Corleone perceives himself to have no choice but to become a worse and worse person out of obligation to his father's legacy over time But the overall arc of the story is that in the end this isn't fully true
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He makes his own choices to go down the slippery slope by the end, his father's legacy isn't just in external obligations to his family but the damage done to his character by growing up amidst violence, such that he *doesn't* feel that obligation to others
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