Dean Kowalski

Moral Theory at the Movies

An Introduction to Ethics

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Produktbeschreibung

Moral Theory at the Movies provides students with a wonderfully approachable introduction to ethics. The book incorporates film summaries and study questions to draw students into ethical theory and then pairs them with classical philosophical texts. The students see how moral theories, dilemmas, and questions are represented in the given films and learn to apply these theories to the world they live in.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9780742547872
• ISBN-10: 0742547876
• Artikelnr.: 33871725

Autorenporträt

Dean Kowalski is an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin Manitowoc.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Rhetoric, Philosophy, and Moral Reasoning Featured Film: Thank
You for Smoking (2005) 1.1 Thinking through the Movie 1.2 Historical
Setting: Plato, Gorgias (excerpt) 1.3 Discussion and Analysis 1.4 Two
Additional Films: Minority Report (2002) and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
(2008) 1.5 Reviewing through the Three Movies PART I: Meta-ethics Chapter
2: Simple Ethical Subjectivism Featured Film: Match Point (2006) 2.1
Thinking through the Movie 2.2 Historical Setting: David Hume, "Ethics and
Sentiment" 2.3 Discussion and Analysis 2.4 Two Additional Films: The
Emperor's New Groove (2000) and The Shape of Things (2003) 2.5 Reviewing
through the Three Movies Chapter 3: Moral Relativism Featured Film: Hotel
Rwanda (2004) 3.1 Thinking through the Movie 3.2 Historical Setting:
William Sumner, "Folkways" 3.3 Discussion and Analysis 3.4 Two Additional
Films: The Joy Luck Club (1993) and Do the Right Thing (1989) 3.5 Reviewing
through the Three Movies Chapter 4: Divine Command Theory Featured Film:
Frailty (2001) 4.1 Thinking through the Movie 4.2 Historical Setting:
Plato, Euthyphro 4.3 Discussion and Analysis 4.4 Two Additional Films: Evan
Almighty (2007) and Boondock Saints (1999) 4.5 Reviewing through the Three
Movies Chapter 5: Ethical Objectivism Featured Film: The Cider House Rules
(1999) 5.1 Thinking through the Movie 5.2 Historical Setting: Thomas Reid,
"Of the First Principles of Morals" 5.3 Discussion and Analysis 5.4 Two
Additional Films: Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) and Schindler's List
(1993) 5.5 Reviewing through the Three Movies PART II: What Ought I to Do?
Chapter 6: Biology, Psychology, and Ethical Theory Featured Film: Cast Away
(2000) 6.1 Thinking through the Movie 6.2 Historical Setting: Aquinas,
Summa (excerpt) 6.3 Discussion and Analysis 6.4 Two Additional Films: Boys
Don't Cry (1999) and Spiderman 2 (2004) 6.5 Reviewing through the Three
Movies Chapter 7: Utilitarianism Featured Film: Extreme Measures (1996) 7.1
Thinking through the Movie 7.2 Historical Setting: John Stuart Mill,
Utilitarianism (excerpt) 7.3 Discussion and Analysis 7.4 Two Additional
Films: Saving Private Ryan (1998) and Eternal Sunshine...Spotless Mind
(2004) 7.5 Reviewing through the Three Movies Chapter 8: Kant and Respect
for Persons Ethics Featured Film: Horton Hears a Who (2007) 8.1 Thinking
through the Movie 8.2 Historical Setting: Immanuel Kant, Foundations of the
Metaphysics of Morals (excerpt) 8.3 Discussion and Analysis 8.4 Two
Additional Films: 3:10 to Yuma (2007) and Amistad (1997) 8.5 Reviewing
through the Three Movies Chapter 9: Social Contract Theory: Hobbes, Locke,
and Rawls Featured Film: V for Vendetta (2005) 9.1 Thinking through the
Movie 9.2 Historical Setting: Hobbes, Leviathan (excerpt) 9.3 Discussion
and Analysis 9.4 Two Additional Films: Lord of the Flies (1990) and
Serenity (2005) 9.5 Reviewing through the Three Movies PART III: How Ought
I to Be? Chapter 10: Aristotle and Virtue Ethics Featured Film: Groundhog
Day (1993) 10.1 Thinking through the Movie 10.2 Historical Setting:
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (excerpt) 10.3 Discussion and Analysis 10.4
Two Additional Films: The Last Samurai (2003) and As Good as It Gets (1998)
10.5 Reviewing through the Three Movies Chapter 11: Care and Friendship
Featured Film: Vera Drake (2004) 11.1 Thinking through the Movie 11.2
Historical Setting: Nel Noddings, Caring (excerpt) 11.3 Discussion and
Analysis 11.4 Two Additional Films: The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2007)
and Life Is Beautiful (1998) 11.5 Reviewing through the Three Movies
Chapter 12: Plato and Being Good Featured Film: The Emperor's Club (2003)
12.1 Thinking through the Movie 12.2 Historical Setting: Plato, Republic
(excerpt) 12.3 Discussion and Analysis 12.4 Two Additional Films:
Goodfellas (1990) and The Man without a Face (1993) 12.5 Reviewing through
the Three Movies