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Morality and the movies : reading ethics through film /
Morality and the Movies presents the ideal introduction to philosophical ethics for film lovers. Dan Shaw uses a series of sixteen popular films, including Hotel Rwanda, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, A Clockwork Orange, Dead Man Walking and Full Metal Jacket, to illustrate all the major ethical theories...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Continuum,
©2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.