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Morality and the movies : reading ethics through film
- Title
- Morality and the movies : reading ethics through film / Dan Shaw.
- Author
- Shaw, Daniel, 1951-
- Publication
- London ; New York : Continuum, c2012.
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Details
- Description
- vi, 198 p.; 23 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-198) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- MFL 13-5900
- ISBN
- 9781441145413 (pbk.)
- 1441145419 (pbk.)
- 9781441100993 (hbk)
- 1441100997 (hbk)
- LCCN
- 2011037987
- OCLC
- 809259017
- Author
- Shaw, Daniel, 1951-
- Title
- Morality and the movies : reading ethics through film / Dan Shaw.
- Imprint
- London ; New York : Continuum, c2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-198) and index.
- Research Call Number
- MFL 13-5900