In this book, Christopher Falzon uses movies to provide a rich survey of moral positions as they have emerged through history.
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Autorenporträt
Christopher Falzon is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He is the author of Foucault and Social Dialogue (1998) and Philosophy Goes to the Movies (3rd edition, 2014), and the co-editor of Foucault and Philosophy (2010) and ABlackwell Companion to Foucault (2013).
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgements Introduction - Rear Window Ethics What is ethics? Film as experimental Exploring ethics through film Chapter 1. Excess and obsession - Ancient ethics Why be moral Plato's moral theory Aristotle and virtue ethics Stoicism Epicureanism Feature films: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Under the Skin Chapter 2. Sin and self-denial: Religious ethics Divine command Augustine Aquinas and natural law The problem of evil Feature films: Crimes and Misdemeanors, and The Addiction Chapter 3. Pleasure, happiness and rights: Enlightenment ethics Hobbes and the social contract Enlightenment and happiness Utilitarianism Rights The libertine and scientific morality Feature films: Dirty Harry, and The Dark Knight Chapter 4. Personhood and autonomy: Kantian ethics Duty and desire Persons Autonomy Marx Habermas and discourse ethics Feature films: High Noon, and No Country for Old Men Chapter 5. Slaves, supermen and authentic selves: Existentialist ethics Nietzsche Kierkegaard Twentieth-century existentialism: Sartre et al. The social situation: de Beauvoir Feature films: Rope, and Fight Club Chapter 6. Encounters with aliens: Ethics and the other The critique of 'traditional' ethics The ethics of care Levinas and the ethics of the other Foucault, ethics and power Experiments in living Feature films: Casablanca, and Force Majeure Filmography Glossary Bibliography Index
Acknowledgements Introduction - Rear Window Ethics What is ethics? Film as experimental Exploring ethics through film Chapter 1. Excess and obsession - Ancient ethics Why be moral Plato's moral theory Aristotle and virtue ethics Stoicism Epicureanism Feature films: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Under the Skin Chapter 2. Sin and self-denial: Religious ethics Divine command Augustine Aquinas and natural law The problem of evil Feature films: Crimes and Misdemeanors, and The Addiction Chapter 3. Pleasure, happiness and rights: Enlightenment ethics Hobbes and the social contract Enlightenment and happiness Utilitarianism Rights The libertine and scientific morality Feature films: Dirty Harry, and The Dark Knight Chapter 4. Personhood and autonomy: Kantian ethics Duty and desire Persons Autonomy Marx Habermas and discourse ethics Feature films: High Noon, and No Country for Old Men Chapter 5. Slaves, supermen and authentic selves: Existentialist ethics Nietzsche Kierkegaard Twentieth-century existentialism: Sartre et al. The social situation: de Beauvoir Feature films: Rope, and Fight Club Chapter 6. Encounters with aliens: Ethics and the other The critique of 'traditional' ethics The ethics of care Levinas and the ethics of the other Foucault, ethics and power Experiments in living Feature films: Casablanca, and Force Majeure Filmography Glossary Bibliography Index
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