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Superheroes and Philosophy: Truth, Justice, and the Socratic Way

By Tom Morris , Matt Morris (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Open Court
Year
2005
ISBN
0812695739, 9780812695731
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1680179 bytes)
Series
Popular Culture and Philosophy
Edition
1
Pages
300\298
Time added
2016-11-12 06:57:19
Practices & Sacred Texts;Religious Art;Religious SSuperheroes;Graphic Novels;Comics & Graphic Novels

Description

The comic book naratives of superheroes wrestle with profound and disturbing issues in original ways: the definitions of good and evil, the limits of violence as an effective means, the perils of enforcing justice outside the law, the metaphysics of personal identity, and the definition of humanity.Superheroes and Philosophy tackles these and other philosophical questions in an intellectual yet engaging way suitable for any comic book fan.

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