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Superman and philosophy : what would the Man of Steel do? / edited by Mark D. White.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781118018095 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1118018095 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: vii, 248 pages ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex ; Wiley-Blackwell, A John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publication, 2013.
- Copyright: ©2013
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | pt. One Big Blue Boy Scout: Ethics, Judgment, and Reason 1. Moral Judgment: The Power That Makes Superman Human / Mark D. White -- 2. Action Coomics! Superman and Practical Reason / Brian Feltham -- 3. Can the Man of Tomorrow Be the Journalist of Today? / Ruth Tallman -- 4. Could Superman Have Joined the Third Reich? The Importance and Shortcomings of Moral Upbringing / Robert Sharp -- pt. Two Truth, Justice, and the American Way: What Do They Mean? 5. Clark Kent Is Superman! The Ethics of Secrecy / Daniel P. Malloy -- 6. Superman and Justice / Christopher Robichaud -- 7. Is Superman an American Icon? / Andrew Terjesen -- pt. Three Will to Superpower: Nietzsche, the Ubermensch, and Existentialism -- 8. Rediscovering Nietzsche's Ubermensch in Superman as a Heroic Ideal / Arno Bogaerts -- 9. Superman or Last Man: The Ethics of Superpower / David Gadon -- 10. Superman: From Anti-Christ to Christ-Type / Adam Barkman -- 11. Superman Must Be Destroyed! Lex Luthor as Existentialist Anti-Hero / Nicholas Richardson -- pt. Four Ultimate Hero: What Do We Expect from Superman? 12. Superman's Revelation: The Problem of Violence in Kingdom Come / David Hatfield -- 13. World Without a Clark Kent? / Randall M. Jensen -- 14. Weight of the World: How Much Is Superman Morally Responsible For? / Audrey L. Anton -- pt. Five Superman and Humanity: A Match Made on Krypton? 15. Superman and Man: What a Kryptonian Can Teach Us About Humanity / Leonard Finkelman -- 16. Can the Man of Steel Feel Our Pain? Sympathy and Superman / Andrew Terjesen -- 17. World's Finest Philosophers: Superman and Batman on Human Nature / Carsten Fogh Nielsen -- pt. Six Of Superman and Superminds: Who Is Superman, Anyway? 18. "It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's ... Clark Kent?" Superman and the Problem of Identity / Nicolas Michaud -- 19. Superman Family Resemblance / Dennis Knepp -- 20. Why Superman Should Not Be Able to Read Minds / Mahesh Ananth. |
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| Subject: | Superman (Fictitious character) Philosophy in literature. Comic books, strips, etc > Moral and ethical aspects. |
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