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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780470270301
ISBN: 0470270306
Label: Wiley
Manufacturer: Wiley
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: June 23, 2008
Publisher: Wiley
Studio: Wiley
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Why doesn't Batman just kill the Joker and end everyone's misery?
Can we hold the Joker morally responsible for his actions?
Is Batman better than Superman?
If everyone followed Batman's example,
would Gotham be a better place?
What is the Tao of the Bat?
Batman is one of the most complex characters ever to appear in comic books, graphic novels, and on the big screen. What philosophical trials does this superhero confront in order to keep Gotham safe? Combing through seventy years of comic books, television shows, and movies, Batman and Philosophy explores how the Dark Knight grapples with ethical conundrums, moral responsibility, his identity crisis, the moral weight he carries to avenge his murdered parents, and much more. How does this caped crusader measure up against the teachings of Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Kierkegaard, and Lao Tzu?
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"Superman and Batman are the Plato and Aristotle of the comic-book world." (Superheroes and Philosophy: Truth, Justice, and the Socratic Way (Popular Culture and Philosophy), 262).
There are four reasons why we should study Batman--pedagogical, philosophical, existential, and victimological.
First, people read comic books, especially children, and we need to monitor what children read. "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from ... Read More
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Batman and Philosophy, as name suggests, tries to explain things Batman does from a philosophical perspective. What I am trying to say is, in this book you will find a lot of reasoning for the things (good and bad) Batman does through the concepts, ideas and thinking of many great philosophers (Aristotle, Plato, Kant ..etc). Many questions which we had like:
Why doesn't Batman kill the Joker ?
Why really prompted Bruce Wayne to become Batman ?
Why does Batman consider Superman ... Read More
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If you're looking for a light, cheap (in the intellectual sense) read that doesn't require any thinking, this isn't your book. If you're looking for a book that shows a surprising depth of understanding both about both subjects, one that will make you think about aspects of both Batman you had never considered before and maybe teach you a few (or many) things about philosophy and interpretation of great philosophers along the way, this is definitely the book for you. I highly recommend it for anyone ... Read More
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Batman fans, welcome to a shameless cash-in! Philosophy fans, welcome to another in a line of interesting philosophy books written around the framework of some pop culture icon. If you're a philosophy major, you will probably find this book too simplistic, like the rest of this series of books. But for those of you who are looking for a decent intro to philosophy in a context you can understand, check it out.
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The book arrived promptly. I haven't quite delved deeply into it yet but I am looking forward to it. I've been a fan of Batman ever since I read my first comic. From the start, he came across as being the most accessible and interesting of comic book icons. Not only because he was without super powers, but his vulnerability. His desire to protect it, and fight against those who caused the wall to be built. Most importantly though was his loyalty to be in constant ethical and moral harmony. As I grow I hope ... Read More
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