Morality and the movies : reading ethics through film / Dan Shaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaw, Daniel, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics in motion pictures.

Film criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Morality and the Movies presents the ideal introduction to philosophical ethics for film lovers. Dan Shaw uses a series of sixteen popular films, including Hotel Rwanda, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, A Clockwork Orange, Dead Man Walking and Full Metal Jacket, to illustrate all the major ethical theories and key contemporary moral issues. The book provides a brief summary and philosophical interpretation of each film, with reference throughout to primary philosophical sources. A unique pedagogical feature is that each chapter begins with a five-step summary of the theoretical positionin question an

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613648396

9781280671463

1280671467

9781441190611

1441190619

OCLC:

794663659