Morality and the movies
Subtitle: reading ethics through film
By: Dan Shaw
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781441145413
Subjects: Film criticism; Ethics in motion pictures
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Submission to God's will in A man for all seasons; title: Egoism and utilitarianism in Casablanca; title: Social contract theory in The man who shot Liberty Valence; title: Kant: morality as rational consistency; title: Relativism, perspectivism, and Citizen Kane; title: Moral virtue and the limits of friendship in Nichomachean ethics and The third man; title: Freedom and determinism in A clockwork orange; title: Kinsey and sexual morality; title: Active euthanasia and The sea inside; title: Capital punishment and compassion in Dead man walking; title: The morality and meaning of war in Full metal jacket; title: Individual autonomy and abortion rights in The cider house rules; title: Bowling for Columbine and gun control; title: Terrorism and counterterrorism in Munich; title: The ethics of business in Wall Street; title: Affirmative action and diversity in Remember the Titans; title: Conclusion: how films can be philosophical and how philosophy can light up the screen.