Ethics at the cinema / edited by Ward E. Jones and Samantha Vice.

Other author Jones, Ward E.
Other author Vice, Samantha, 1973-
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Descriptionviii, 341 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Philosophy and the ethical significance of spectatorship : an introduction to ethics at the cinema / Ward E. Jones -- Critique, character, and the power of film. The secrets and lies of film / Andrew Gleeson -- Propaganda and artistic merit : The case of Colonel Blimp / Stephen Williams -- Just what is it that makes Tony Soprano such an appealing, attractive murderer? / Murray Smith -- Transgressive comedy and partiality : making sense of our amusement at His girl Friday / Ward E. Jones -- Philosophical readings--Ethics and social readings. Reason, absurdity, and anti-Semitism in The believer / Tom Martin -- Melting whites and liberated Latinas : identity, fate, and character in Fools rush in / Paul C. Taylor -- Lighthouses in a foggy world : ideals in Frank Capra's Meet John Doe / Samantha Vice -- La Grande illusion as a work of art / Peter Goldie -- A crash course on personal racism / Larry Blum -- Ethics and personal relationships. Love and friendship in the balance : the case of Jules et Jim / Karen Hanson -- Sophie's choice / Torbjörn Tännsjö -- Dangerous liaisons : love, letters, and lessons in sexual ethics / Joseph Kupfer -- Justice, mercy, and friendship in The third man / Julia Driver -- The third man : ethics, aesthetics, irony / Deborah Knight -- Moral intelligence and the limits of loyalty : The third man as philosophy / Thomas Wartenburg.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 323-335) and index.
LCCN 2010007429
ISBN9780195320398 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0195320395 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780195320404 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0195320409 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PN1995.5 .E84 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold