By Dan Shaw
Morality and the films offers definitely the right creation to philosophical ethics for movie enthusiasts. Dan Shaw makes use of a chain of 16 renowned movies, together with resort Rwanda, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, A Clockwork Orange, useless guy jogging and whole steel Jacket, to demonstrate the entire significant moral theories and key modern ethical matters. The ebook offers a short precis and philosophical interpretation of every movie, with regard all through to basic philosophical resources. a different pedagogical function is that every bankruptcy starts off with a five-step precis of the theoretical place in query and a severe assessment of its strengths and weaknesses via a particular movie. issues lined include:
- divine authority
- the social contract
- ethical relativism
- advantage ethics
- freedom and determinism
- euthanasia
- capital punishment
- struggle and terrorism
- abortion
- company ethics
Ideal for undergraduate scholars coming to philosophical ethics for the 1st time, this booklet makes use of well known movie to introduce a vital subject within the learn of philosophy.
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Yet there is a marked nostalgia for the uncivilized spirit of the Old West in the film’s conclusion, and for a man’s man like Tom Doniphan, who has little place in civilized society except in times of war. His SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY 37 passing is deeply mourned by both Ranse and Hallie, for they know that Tom was the man who really shot Liberty Valance, and what it meant for him to do so. Were it not for such men, the West might never have been won. The most striking aspect of the film is its ability to embrace our pistol-packing roots while still celebrating our historical commitment to become a nation of laws and not just of violent men.
38 Morality and the Movies 4 Does The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ultimately offer a Hobbesian or a Lockean view of human nature and civil society? Give specific reasons for your answer based on the plot of the film and how the major characters are depicted. Additional films on this topic A Few Good Men (1992): Jack Nicholson violates military law to better protect America, and Tom Cruise and Demi Moore prosecute him vigorously to expose the folly of embracing a world view where the end justifies any means necessary.
He believes that respect for lawful authority, and an educated citizenry, are the necessary conditions for good government. The final catalyst for taking the law into his own hands is the brutal beating of his friend the newspaper editor, and Ranse knew that if he did not confront Liberty the outlaw would hunt him down and kill him anyway. He felt guilty for having resorted to such means, but forgave himself long enough to become a champion of statehood, and then a major leader in state and national Politics.