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245 00 a| Watchmen and philosophy :b| a Rorschach test /c| edited by Mark D. White.;

300 a| ix, 227 pages ;c| 23 cm.;

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490 1 a| The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction: A Rorschach test -- The politics of power : who watches the watchmen? -- The superman exists, and he's American : morality in the face of absolute power / Christopher Robichaud -- Can we steer this rudderless world? Kant, Rorschach, retributivism, and honor / Jacob M. Held -- Super-vigilantes and the Keene Act / Tony Spanakos -- Superheroes and supermen : finding Nietzsche's übermensch in Watchmen / J. Keeping -- The Veidt plan : Watchmen and ethics -- Means, ends, and the critique of pure superheroes / J. Robert Loftis -- The virtues of nite owl's potbelly / Mark D. White -- Rorschach : when telling the truth is wrong / Alex Nuttall -- The metaphysics of Dr. Manhattan -- Dr. Manhattan, I presume? / James DiGiovanna -- A timely encounter : Dr. Manhattan and Henri Bergson / Christopher M. Drohan -- Free will and foreknowledge : does Jon really know what Laurie will do next, and can she do otherwise? / Arthur Ward -- I'm just a puppet who can see the strings : Dr. Manhattan as a stoic sage / Andrew Terjesen -- This is not your father's comic book -- "Why don't you go read a book or something?" Watchmen as literature / Aaron Meskin -- Watchwomen / Sarah Donovan and Nick Richardson -- Hooded justice and Captain Metropolis : the ambiguously gay duo / Robert Arp -- What's so goddamned funny? the comedian and Rorschach on life's way / Taneli Kukkonen.;

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Watchmen and philosophy : a Rorschach test / edited by Mark D. White.

Other author	White, Mark D., 1971-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2009.
Description	ix, 227 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects	Moore, Alan, 1953- Watchmen. Comic books, strips, etc.--Moral and ethical aspects.

Series	The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series Blackwell philosophy and popculture series. ^A719544
Contents	Introduction: A Rorschach test -- The politics of power : who watches the watchmen? -- The superman exists, and he's American : morality in the face of absolute power / Christopher Robichaud -- Can we steer this rudderless world? Kant, Rorschach, retributivism, and honor / Jacob M. Held -- Super-vigilantes and the Keene Act / Tony Spanakos -- Superheroes and supermen : finding Nietzsche's übermensch in Watchmen / J. Keeping -- The Veidt plan : Watchmen and ethics -- Means, ends, and the critique of pure superheroes / J. Robert Loftis -- The virtues of nite owl's potbelly / Mark D. White -- Rorschach : when telling the truth is wrong / Alex Nuttall -- The metaphysics of Dr. Manhattan -- Dr. Manhattan, I presume? / James DiGiovanna -- A timely encounter : Dr. Manhattan and Henri Bergson / Christopher M. Drohan -- Free will and foreknowledge : does Jon really know what Laurie will do next, and can she do otherwise? / Arthur Ward -- I'm just a puppet who can see the strings : Dr. Manhattan as a stoic sage / Andrew Terjesen -- This is not your father's comic book -- "Why don't you go read a book or something?" Watchmen as literature / Aaron Meskin -- Watchwomen / Sarah Donovan and Nick Richardson -- Hooded justice and Captain Metropolis : the ambiguously gay duo / Robert Arp -- What's so goddamned funny? the comedian and Rorschach on life's way / Taneli Kukkonen.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2008045525
ISBN	9780470396858 (pbk.)
ISBN	0470396857 (pbk.)

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