In this book, Christopher Falzon uses movies to provide a rich survey of moral positions as they have emerged through history.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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 A Blackwell Companion to Foucault (2013).
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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
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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'Christopher Falzon has written another exemplary book, which makes an important contribution to introducing students and the general public to the basic areas of ethical theory. His vast knowledge of films, from the silent era to the present day, provides an accessible way to engage the reader and clarify moral dilemmas.'
-Timothy J. Madigan, St John Fisher College, USA
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