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By Dan Shaw

Morality and the films presents definitely the right advent to philosophical ethics for movie fans. Dan Shaw makes use of a chain of 16 well known motion pictures, together with Hotel Rwanda, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, A Clockwork Orange, Dead guy Walking and Full steel Jacket, to demonstrate all of the significant moral theories and key modern ethical matters. The ebook presents a quick precis and philosophical interpretation of every movie, in regards all through to basic philosophical resources. a special pedagogical characteristic is that every bankruptcy starts with a five-step precis of the theoretical position in query and a serious assessment of its strengths and weaknesses via a particular movie. subject matters coated include:

 

- divine authority

- the social contract

- ethical relativism

- advantage ethics

- freedom and determinism

- euthanasia

- capital punishment

- battle and terrorism

- abortion

- enterprise ethics

 

Ideal for undergraduate scholars coming to philosophical ethics for the 1st time, this ebook makes use of well known movie to introduce a significant subject within the examine of philosophy.

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