Groundhog Day Morality and Ethics Quotes

Phil talks about making choices and living with them. But the ironic thing is that he totally doesn't have to live with his choices because Groundhog Day keeps resetting every morning. In this case, Phil loses he only reason he has for acting morally. It's not until later in the movie that he learns to act morally for its own sake.

Eventually, Phil realizes that he can learn enough about a pretty woman to trick her into sleeping with him. This is of course the kind of thing Phil wants to do with his newfound power to relive the same day. He needs to get all the immorality out of his system before he decides that morality is the way to go.

Phil pulls no punches when it comes to acting immorally. He even lies to Nancy by telling her he loves her because he thinks doing so will get her into bed.