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

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