Why doesn't Batman just kill the Joker and end everyone's misery? Can we hold the Joker morally responsible for his actions? Is Batman better than Superman? If everyone followed Batman's example, would Gotham be a better place? What is the Tao of the Bat? Batman is one of the most complex characters ever to appear in comic books, graphic novels, and on the big screen. What philosophical trials does this superhero confront in order to keep Gotham safe? Combing through seventy years of comic books, television shows, and movies, Batman and Philosophy explores how the Dark Knight grapples with ethical conundrums, moral responsibility, his identity crisis, the moral weight he carries to avenge his murdered parents, and much more. How does this caped crusader measure up against the teachings of Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Kierkegaard, and Lao Tzu?
Batman and Philosophy: The Dark Knight of the Soul -
Robert Arp
John Wiley & Sons
2008
294 páginas
9h 48m
ISBN-13: 9780470270301
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Robert Arp
Professor adjunto de Filosofia no Maple Woods e no Johnson County Community College, ambos no Kansas. Com Ph.D. pela Saint Louis University, especializou-se em Filosofia da Biologia, Filosofia da Mente e Filosofia Moderna. Membro da Associação Filosófica Americana e da Associação de Filosofia da Ciência, escreveu numerosos artigos, editou South Park and Philosophy (2006), coeditou Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Biology(2009) e é autor de Scenario Visualization: An Evolutionary Account of Creative Problem Solving (2008) e An Integrated Approach to the Philosophy of Mind (2010).
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