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Originally Posted by Neon

I feel you are maybe missing the point of the ending. Let's assume that the movie ended at the hotel scene. There are still too many loose ends that need to be tied up, namely the entire story surrounding Burgess and what happens to the precog program. The whole precog idea was what Burgess had worked a large amount of his life for. When Anderton discovered that the entire concept of future murders is something that can be impacted by one's choice, it would completely dissolve the entire program. Burgess had shown before that he was willing to goto any means to keep this program, his "baby", alive and going. So with Anderton uncovering the secret, Burgess had to take measures to take him out of the picture. The point, I feel, was a continuation of the plot to show how the entire program would be impacted. Burgess wanted it to stay while Anderton knew it was faulty and should be disbanded. And furthermore, it heightens the moral dilemma ever-present throughout the movie since the program has effectively achieved a 0% murder rate.... yet now should we eliminate the program and get deaths again?

Burgess perverted the system to set Anderton up for his own crime. It's nothing about him wanting to keep it the system alive.