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245 00 Batman, Superman, and philosophy :|bbadass or boyscout?
       |h[Hoopla electronic resource]. 
264  1 [United States] :|bOpen Court,|c2016. 
264  2 |bMade available through hoopla 
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490 1  Popular culture and philosophy ;|vvolume 100 
506    Digital content provided by hoopla. 
520    Batman or Superman? Which of these heroic figures is 
       morally superior? Which is more dramatically effective? 
       Which is more democratic? Which shows us the better way to
       fight crime? Who is a morally better person? Whose actions
       lead to the better outcomes? Superman vs. Batman and 
       Philosophy tries to decide 'for' and 'against' these two 
       superheroes by comparing their contrasting approaches to a
       wide range of issues. Twenty-six philosophers evaluate 
       Superman vs. Batman in order to decide which of them 
       'wins' by various different criteria. Some of the writers 
       say that Superman wins, others say Batman, and others give
       the result as a tie. Since both Batman, the megalomaniacal
       industrialist, and Superman, the darling of the media, 
       sometimes operate outside the law, which of them makes the
       better vigilante-and how do they compare with Robin Hood, 
       the anonymous donor, the Ninja, and the KKK? Which of them
       comes out better in terms of evolutionary biology? Which 
       of the heroes works more effectively to resist oppression?
       Does Superman or Batman function better as a force for 
       embodied intelligence? Who does more to really uphold the 
       law? Which one is better for the environment? Which of 
       these two supernormal guys makes a better model and 
       inspiring myth to define our culture and our society? Is 
       Batman or Superman the more admirable person? Who conforms
       more closely to Nietzsche's Übermensch? Which one makes 
       the more rational choices? Who makes the better god? Who 
       is more self-sacrificing in pursuit of other people's 
       welfare? Who goes beyond the call of duty? Which one does 
       better at defining himself by resolving his internal 
       conflicts? Whose explicit code of morality is superior? 
       Which superhero gives us more satisfying dramatic 
       conflict? (And why does a battle between the two make such
       a compelling drama?) Which of our two candidates comes 
       closer to Christ? Which has the sounder psychological 
       health? Whose overall consequences are better for the 
       world? Which one more perfectly exemplifies C.S. Lewis's 
       concept of chivalry? What's the deeper reason Batman is so
       successful in videogames whereas Superman isn't? What are 
       the advantages and disadvantages of having the two 
       extraordinary heroes work together? Is either superhero 
       logically or metaphysically possible? How can each of them
       be diagnosed as psychotic? How do they compare in masking 
       their real identity? Whose motives are more worthy? Which 
       one is more self-aware? Superman vs. Batman and Philosophy
       comes out at the same time as the movie Batman v Superman.
       The book cannot discuss what goes on in the movie, yet it 
       also can't avoid doing so, since by sheer probability, 
       many of the controversial issues between the two 
       superheroes will be the same in both. The book will 
       therefore naturally fit in with the numerous raging 
       controversies that the movie unleashes. 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
600 00 Batman|c(Fictitious character) 
600 00 Superman|c(Fictitious character) 
650  0 Superhero films|xHistory and criticism. 
650  0 Motion pictures|xPhilosophy. 
650  0 Comic books, strips, etc|xMoral and ethical aspects. 
650  0 Superheroes in literature|xPhilosophy. 
650  0 Electronic books. 
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