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Morality and the Movies: Reading Ethics Through Film de Dan Shaw

Morality and the Movies: Reading Ethics Through Film

Autor Dan Shaw
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 iun 2012
Presents an introduction to philosophical ethics for film lovers. This book uses a series of popular films, including "Hotel Rwanda", "Casablanca", "Citizen Kane", "A Clockwork Orange", "Dead Man Walking" and "Full Metal Jacket", to illustrate major ethical theories and key contemporary moral issues.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781441100993
ISBN-10: 1441100997
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 140 x 218 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Academic

Notă biografică

Dan Shaw is Professor of Philosophy and Film at Lock Haven University, USA. He is the managing editor of the journal Film and Philosophy, co editor (with Steven Schneider) of Dark Thoughts: Philosophic Reflections on Horror Films (Scarecrow Press, 2003) and author of Film and Philosophy: Taking Movies Seriously (Wallflower Press, 2008).

Cuprins

Introduction: Studying Philosophy Through Film; 1. Submission to God's Will in A Man for All Seasons; 2. Egoism and Utilitarianism in Casablanca; 3. Legal Conventionalism in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence; 4. Kant's Man of Good Will and Hotel Rwanda; 5. Moral Relativism, Perspectivism and Citizen Kane; 6.Virtue Ethics and Ghost Dog; 7. Freedom and Determinism in A Clockwork Orange; 8. Sexual Morality and Kinsey; 9. Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia and The Sea Inside; 10. Capital Punishment and Compassion in Dead Man Walking; 11. The morality and meaning of war in Full Metal Jacket; 12. Autonomy and Abortion Rights in The Cider House Rules; 13.Gun Control and Bowling for Columbine; 14. Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Munich; 15. Business Ethics and Wall Street; 16. Affirmative Action, Diversity and Remember the Titans; Conclusion: How Films can Elucidate Philosophies, and Vice Versa; Further Reading; Index.

Recenzii

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