Seeing the Light: Exploring Ethics Through Movies

Brand: Wiley-Blackwell

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UPC:
9781444332889
Binding:
Paperback
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Publication Date:
3/5/2012
Author:
Wanda Teays
Language:
english
Edition:
1
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Product Overview

Seeing the Light: Exploring Ethics Through Movies is an engaging and innovative approach to the study of philosophy and the development of moral reasoning skills.

  • Features broad coverage of topics in ethics and moral reasoning
  • Offers an innovative and imaginative approach to showing relevance of movies for ethical reflection
  • Draws on a diverse selection of popular movies, foreign films, and documentaries to illustrate ethical dilemmas and character development on the big screen that has application to our lives
  • Presents coverage of major ethical theories ranging from Ethical Egoism and Cultural Relativism to Utilitarianism, Kantian Ethics, Rawls' Justice Theory, Aristotle's Virtue Ethics, and Feminist Ethics
  • Demonstrates how film is a powerful vehicle for sharpening skills in analysis and moral reasoning
  • Includes accompanying website