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Author:   Ward Jones (Associate Professor in Philosophy, Associate Professor in Philosophy, Rhodes University) ,  Samantha Vice (Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Rhodes University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.10cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780195320404

ISBN 10:   0195320409
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   03 February 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

'Philosophy and the Ethical Significance of Spectatorship: An Introduction to Ethics at the Cinema' Part 1: Critique, Character, and the Power of Film 1. Andrew Gleeson, 'The Secrets and Lies of Film' 2. Stephen Williams, 'Propaganda and Artistic Merit: The Case of Colonel Blimp' 3. Murray Smith, 'Just What Is It That Makes Tony Soprano Such an Appealing, Attractive Murderer?' 4. Ward E. Jones, 'Partiality and Transgressive Comedy: Making Sense of our Amusement at His Girl Friday' Part 2: Philosophical Readings Ethics and Social Being 5. Tom Martin, 'Reason, Absurdity, and Anti-Semitism in The Believer' 6. Paul C. Taylor, ''Melting Whites and Liberated Latinas: Identity, Fate, and Character in Fools Rush In' 7. Samantha Vice, 'Lighthouses in a Foggy World': Ideals in Frank Capra's Meet John Doe 8. Peter Goldie, 'La Grande Illusion as a Work of Art' 9. Larry Blum, 'A Crash Course on Personal Racism' Ethics and Personal Relationships 10. Karen Hanson, 'Love and Friendship in the Balance: The Case of Jules et Jim' 11. Torbjörn Tännsjö, 'Sophie's Choice' 12. Joseph Kupfer, 'Dangerous Liaisons: Love, Letters, and Lessons in Sexual Ethics' 13. Julia Driver, 'Justice, Mercy, and Friendship in The Third Man' 14. Deborah Knight, 'The Third Man: Ethics, Aesthetics, Irony' 15. Thomas Wartenberg, 'Moral Intelligence and the Limits of Loyalty: The Third Man as Philosophy'

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superb anthology ... insightful, compelling, and highly readable compilation of essays Roberto Sirvent, Philosophy in Review

superb anthology ... insightful, compelling, and highly readable compilation of essays * Roberto Sirvent, Philosophy in Review *

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Ward E. Jones is Associate Professor in Philosophy at Rhodes University and the Editor of the journal Philosophical Papers. Samantha Vice is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Rhodes University. She is co-editor, with Nafsika Athanassoulis, of The Moral Life: Essays in Honour of John Cottingham.

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