Morality and the movies reading ethics through film
Submission to God's will in A man for all seasonsEgoism and utilitarianism in Casablanca -- Social contract theory in The man who shot Liberty Valence -- Kant: morality as rational consistency -- Relativism, perspectivism, and Citizen Kane -- Moral virtue and the limits of friendship in Nichoma...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York, NY u.a.
Continuum
2012
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Submission to God's will in A man for all seasonsEgoism and utilitarianism in Casablanca -- Social contract theory in The man who shot Liberty Valence -- Kant: morality as rational consistency -- Relativism, perspectivism, and Citizen Kane -- Moral virtue and the limits of friendship in Nichomachean ethics and The third man -- Freedom and determinism in A clockwork orange -- Kinsey and sexual morality -- Active euthanasia and The sea inside -- Capital punishment and compassion in Dead man walking -- The morality and meaning of war in Full metal jacket -- Individual autonomy and abortion rights in The cider house rules -- Bowling for Columbine and gun control -- Terrorism and counterterrorism in Munich -- The ethics of business in Wall Street -- Affirmative action and diversity in Remember the Titans -- Conclusion: how films can be philosophical and how philosophy can light up the screen. Submission to God's will in A man for all seasons -- Egoism and utilitarianism in Casablanca -- Social contract theory in The man who shot Liberty Valence -- Kant: morality as rational consistency -- Relativism, perspectivism, and Citizen Kane -- Moral virtue and the limits of friendship in Nichomachean ethics and The third man -- Freedom and determinism in A clockwork orange -- Kinsey and sexual morality -- Active euthanasia and The sea inside -- Capital punishment and compassion in Dead man walking -- The morality and meaning of war in Full metal jacket -- Individual autonomy and abortion rights in The cider house rules -- Bowling for Columbine and gun control -- Terrorism and counterterrorism in Munich -- The ethics of business in Wall Street -- Affirmative action and diversity in Remember the Titans -- Conclusion: how films can be philosophical and how philosophy can light up the screen. |
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| Beschreibung: | VI, 198 S. |
| ISBN: | 9781441100993 978-1-4411-0099-3 9781441145413 978-1-4411-4541-3 |