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Full Description
Moral Issues and Movies is authoritative:
Dr. Joseph Forte's expertise on the content of the book derives from:
His scholarship on ancient virtue ethics, as well as
His expertise teaching ethical theories and issues at the university level since 2008
Additionally, subject-matter experts reviewed and/or contributed to every chapter.
Moral Issues and Movies is designed to foster undergraduate student engagement and understanding by:
Using recent mainstream films to illuminate philosophical concepts and texts
Employing annotations and commentary to explain possibly confusing aspects of excerpts from classical philosophy texts, curated for each chapter
Including links to vetted internet sources to provide context and avenues for further learning
Providing a glossary of terminology in each chapter
Breaking up chapters into small sections interspersed with carefully-selected images, including famous works of art
Including questions for consideration and discussion throughout each chapter
Providing further contextual background for the topics, thinkers, time periods, and texts of each chapter with an appendix, which includes not only text, but videos co-created by the author and curated from the web.
Including an Instructor's Supplement to serve as pedagogical resource, with extensive suggestions about how to use the textbook effectively
Moral Issues and Movies could serve as a standalone textbook or supplement for courses including but not limited to:
Introduction to Ethics
Contemporary Moral Issues
Bioethics
Philosophy of Death and Dying
Modern Philosophy
Philosophy Through Film
Theories of Ethics
Politics and Ethics
Ancient Philosophy
Contemporary Ethics
