Superman and philosophy : what would the Man of Steel do?

White, Mark D., 1971- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781118018095 (pbk.)
ISBN: 1118018095 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9781118541692 (epdf)
ISBN: 1118541693 (epdf)
ISBN: 9781118589045 (epub)
ISBN: 1118589041 (epub)
ISBN: 9781118541753 (emobi)
ISBN: 1118541758 (emobi)
ISBN: 9781118541821 (wol)
ISBN: 1118541820 (wol)
Physical Description: print
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 --