| Description |
ix, 294 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series |
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Blackwell philosophy and popculture series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Riddle me this -- Does the Dark Knight always do right? : Why doesn't Batman kill the joker? / Mark D. White -- Is it right to make a Robin? / James DiGiovanna -- Batman's virtuous hatred / Stephen Kershnar -- Law, justice, and the social order: where does Batman fit in? : No man's land: social order in Gotham City and New Orleans / Brett Chandler Patterson -- Governing Gotham / Tony Spanakos -- The Joker's wild: can we hold the Clown Prince morally responsible? / Christopher Robichaud -- Origins and ethics: becoming the Caped Crusader : Batman's promise / Randall M. Jensen -- Should Bruce Wayne have become Batman? / Mahesh Ananth and Ben Dixon -- What would Batman do? Bruce Wayne as moral exemplar / Ryan Indy Rhodes and David Kyle Johnson -- Who is the Batman? (Is that a trick question?) : Under the mask: how any person can become Batman / Sarah K. Donovan and Nicholas P. Richardson -- Could Batman have been the Joker? / Sam Cowling and Chris Ragg -- Batman's identity crisis and Wittgenstein's family resemblance / Jason Southworth -- What is it like to be a Batman? / Ron Novy -- Being the Bat: insights from existentialism and taoism : Alfred, the Dark Knight of faith: Batman and Kierkegaard / Christopher M. Drohan -- Dark nights and the call of conscience / Jason J. Howard -- Batman's confrontation with death, angst, and freedom / David M. Hart -- Friend, father, ...rival? the many roles of the Bat : Why Batman is better than Superman / Galen Foresman -- World's finest...friends? Batman, Superman, and the nature of friendship / Daniel P. Malloy -- Leaving the shadow of the Bat: Aristotle, Kant, and Dick Grayson on moral education / Carsten Fogh Nielsen -- The tao of the Bat / Bat-Tzu. |
| Subject |
Batman (Fictitious character)
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| Added Author |
White, Mark D., 1971-
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Arp, Robert.
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| ISBN |
9780470270301 (pbk.) |
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0470270306 (pbk.) |
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