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9780865653283 | Vendome Pr, September 20, 2016, cover price $60.00
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9780847846009 | Rizzoli Intl Pubns, September 29, 2015, cover price $50.00
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 position in question and a critical evaluation of its strengths and weaknesses through a specific film. Topics covered include: - divine authority- the social contract- moral relativism- virtue ethics- freedom and determinism- euthanasia- capital punishment- war and terrorism- abortion- business ethics Ideal for undergraduate students coming to philosophical ethics for the first time, this book utilizes popular film to introduce a central topic in the study of philosophy.
Hardcover:
9781441100993 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, August 1, 2012, cover price $100.00
9780226751252, titled "Juvenile Delinquency and Urban Areas; A Study of Rates of Delinquency Ub Relation to Differential Characteristics of Local Communities in American Ci" | Revised edition (Univ of Chicago Pr, June 1, 1969), cover price $10.00 | also contains Juvenile Delinquency and Urban Areas; A Study of Rates of Delinquency Ub Relation to Differential Characteristics of Local Communities in American Ci
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9781441145413 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, July 19, 2012, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Morality and the Movies presents the ideal introduction to philosophical ethics for film lovers.
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9781584796244 | Stewart Tabori & Chang, October 1, 2007, cover price $70.00
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