00000nam a22000004a 4500 UP-1685954869149593134 Buklod 20240309133545.0 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 240309s2019 xxu gr |||| u|eng d 9781138938205 (paperback) SS-12364 Forefront Php3,117.00 Department of Philosophy DMLS rda eng DMLUC BJ 1012 F37 2019 Falzon, Christopher 1957- author. Ethics goes to the movies an introduction to moral philosophy Christopher Falzon. New York Routledge 2019. vi, 307 pages illustrations 23 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-299) and index. Introduction: rear window ethics -- Excess and obsession: ancient ethics -- Sin and self-denial: religious ethics -- Pleasure, happiness and rights: enlightenment ethics -- Personhood and autonomy: Kantian ethics -- Slaves, supermen and -- authentic selves: existential ethics -- Encounters with aliens: ethics and the other. Movies hold a mirror up to us, portraying the complexities of human reality through their characters and stories. And they vividly illustrate moral theories that address questions about how we are to live and what sort of people we ought to be. In this book, Christopher Falzon uses movies to provide a rich survey of moral positions as they have emerged through history. These include the ethics of the ancient world, medieval ethics, Enlightenment and Kantian ethics, existentialist ethics and the ethics of the other. Each theory is explained in detail, using a number of examples from the book's wide selection of movies. The discussion draws on a range of recent and not-so-recent films, from Hollywood blockbusters to art-house cinema. 0In addition to covering thinkers one would expect in an introduction to ethics (e.g., Plato, Aristotle, Kant), the book discusses less canonical figures in detail as well (e.g., Marcuse, Foucault, Habermas). Similarly, the book examines both major ethical theories (e.g., Kantianism, utilitarianism, virtue ethics) and theories too often glossed over in introductory texts (e.g. Stoicism, Epicureanism, Habermas's discourse ethics and Nietzschean ethics). A wide range of movies are discussed, from Hollywood blockbusters and classics like The Dark Knight, Casablanca and Dirty Harry to lesser known films, like Force Majeure and Under the Skin. Atthe end of each chapter a focus on two feature films is included, with a plot summary and interpretations of several key scenes with a time marker indicating when in the film the scenes occur. A Filmography includes all movies discussed in the book and a Glossary covers key philosophical terms and figures. Ethics. Ethics in motion pictures. Motion pictures Moral and ethical aspects. FO UPD DMLS BJ 1012 F37 2019 Book