Chapter 1: Rhetoric, Philosophy, and Moral Reasoning
Featured Film: Thank You for Smoking (2005)
1.1 Thinking through the Movie
1.2 Historical Setting: Plato, Gorgias (excerpt)
1.3 Discussion and Analysis
1.4 Two Additional Films: Minority Report (2002) and Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (2008)
1.5 Reviewing through the Three Movies
PART I: Meta-ethics
Chapter 2: Simple Ethical Subjectivism
Featured Film: Match Point (2006)
2.1 Thinking through the Movie
2.2 Historical Setting: David Hume, “Ethics and Sentiment”
2.3 Discussion and Analysis
2.4 Two Additional Films: The Emperor’s New Groove (2000) and The Shape of Things (2003)
2.5 Reviewing through the Three Movies
Chapter 3: Moral Relativism
Featured Film: Hotel Rwanda (2004)
3.1 Thinking through the Movie
3.2 Historical Setting: William Sumner, “Folkways”
3.3 Discussion and Analysis
3.4 Two Additional Films: The Joy Luck Club (1993) and Do the Right Thing (1989)
3.5 Reviewing through the Three Movies
Chapter 4: Divine Command Theory
Featured Film: Frailty (2001)
4.1 Thinking through the Movie
4.2 Historical Setting: Plato, Euthyphro
4.3 Discussion and Analysis
4.4 Two Additional Films: Evan Almighty (2007) and Boondock Saints (1999)
4.5 Reviewing through the Three Movies
Chapter 5: Ethical Objectivism
Featured Film: The Cider House Rules (1999)
5.1 Thinking through the Movie
5.2 Historical Setting: Thomas Reid, “Of the First Principles of Morals”
5.3 Discussion and Analysis
5.4 Two Additional Films: Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) and Schindler’s List (1993)
5.5 Reviewing through the Three Movies
PART II: What Ought I to Do?
Chapter 6: Biology, Psychology, and Ethical Theory
Featured Film: Cast Away (2000)
6.1 Thinking through the Movie
6.2 Historical Setting: Aquinas, Summa (excerpt)
6.3 Discussion and Analysis
6.4 Two Additional Films: Boys Don’t Cry (1999) and Spiderman 2 (2004)
6.5 Reviewing through the Three Movies
Chapter 7: Utilitarianism
Featured Film: Extreme Measures (1996)
7.1 Thinking through the Movie
7.2 Historical Setting: John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism (excerpt)
7.3 Discussion and Analysis
7.4 Two Additional Films: Saving Private Ryan (1998) and Eternal Sunshine…Spotless Mind (2004)
7.5 Reviewing through the Three Movies
Chapter 8: Kant and Respect for Persons Ethics
Featured Film: Horton Hears a Who (2007)
8.1 Thinking through the Movie
8.2 Historical Setting: Immanuel Kant, Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals (excerpt)
8.3 Discussion and Analysis
8.4 Two Additional Films: 3:10 to Yuma (2007) and Amistad (1997)
8.5 Reviewing through the Three Movies
Chapter 9: Social Contract Theory: Hobbes, Locke, and Rawls
Featured Film: V for Vendetta (2005)
9.1 Thinking through the Movie
9.2 Historical Setting: Hobbes, Leviathan (excerpt)
9.3 Discussion and Analysis
9.4 Two Additional Films: Lord of the Flies (1990) and Serenity (2005)
9.5 Reviewing through the Three Movies
PART III: How Ought I to Be?
Chapter 10: Aristotle and Virtue Ethics
Featured Film: Groundhog Day (1993)
10.1 Thinking through the Movie
10.2 Historical Setting: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (excerpt)
10.3 Discussion and Analysis
10.4 Two Additional Films: The Last Samurai (2003) and As Good as It Gets (1998)
10.5 Reviewing through the Three Movies
Chapter 11: Care and Friendship
Featured Film: Vera Drake (2004)
11.1 Thinking through the Movie
11.2 Historical Setting: Nel Noddings, Caring (excerpt)
11.3 Discussion and Analysis
11.4 Two Additional Films: The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2007) and Life Is Beautiful (1998)
11.5 Reviewing through the Three Movies
Chapter 12: Plato and Being Good
Featured Film: The Emperor’s Club (2003)
12.1 Thinking through the Movie
12.2 Historical Setting: Plato, Republic (excerpt)
12.3 Discussion and Analysis
12.4 Two Additional Films: Goodfellas (1990) and The Man without a Face (1993)
12.5 Reviewing through the Three Movies