R. Douglas Geivett and James S. Spiegel present a textbook for philosophy courses that uses classic and current films to explore major philosophical themes such as the human condition, mind and knowledge, the moral life, faith and religion.
Table of Contents
The Human Condition
The Citizen Kane Mutiny: What Hollywood Knows and Will Never Admit About Life, Love and Human Relationships
p. 21
Story-Shaped Lives in Big Fish
p. 37
Defining Love Through the Eye of the Lens: Romance, Sex and the Human Condition in Pretty Woman, Legends of the Fall and The Bridges of Madison County
p. 52
Mind and Knowledge
Escaping into Reality: What We Can Learn from The Truman Show About the Knowledge Enterprise
p. 71
The Sleeper Awakes: Gnosis and Authenticity in The Matrix
p. 89
Consciousness, Memory and Identity: The Nature of Persons in Three Films by Charlie Kaufman
p. 106
What Would Have Been and What Could Be: Counterfactuals in It's a Wonderful Life and Run Lola Run
p. 122
The Moral Life
Liberation Through Sensuality: Cinematic Moral Vision in an Age of Feeling
p. 141
From a Society of Fear to a Community of Trust: Moving Beyond Bowling for Columbine
p. 157
Vengeance, Forgiveness and Redemption in Mystic River
p. 173
Moral Monsters: Horror's Indispensable Need for Good and Evil
p. 190
Faith and Religion
Religion and Science in Contact and 2001: A Space Odyssey
p. 209
Bottled Water from the Fragrant Harbor: The Diluted Spiritual Elements of Hong Kong Films
p. 225
Rattle and Film: U2, Nietzsche and Salvation in the Blues
p. 241
Film Summaries
p. 258
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