The Virtues of Captain America : Modern-Day Lessons on Character from a World War II Superhero /
The first look at the philosophy behind the Captain America comics and movies, publishing in advance of the movie release of Captain America: The Winter Solider in April 2014. In The Virtues of Captain America, philosopher and long-time comics fan Mark D. White argues that the core principles, compa...
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK :
Wiley Blackwell,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- The Virtues of Captain America: Modern-Day Lessons on Character from a World War II Superhero; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Notes on Source Material; About the Author; 1 Superhuman Ethics Class; Utilitarianism; Deontology; A Civil War ... of Ethics!; Virtue Ethics; Virtuous Deontology ... No, Deontological Virtue ... Maybe Deontovirtue?; Notes; 2 Captain America as a Moral Exemplar; Can a Fictional Character Be a Moral Exemplar?; Aren't Fictional Characters Liable to Be Perfect?; Fifty Years, Dozens of Writers ... One Captain America?; Notes; 3 Five Basic Virtues; Courage.
- Humility; Righteous Indignation; Sacrifice and Responsibility; Perseverance; Notes; 4 Honor and Integrity; The Honor of Captain America; External Honor as Respect; Internal Honor as Integrity; Principle and Compromise; Duty and Sacrifice (Again); Notes; 5 Judgment; Making the Hard Decisions; Whose Right Answer?; Tragic Dilemmas and How to Avoid Them; Black-and-White or Red, White, and Blue? When Judgment Evolves; Hitting the Threshold; Notes; 6 Principle and Politics; Patriotism: The Captain and America; Cosmopolitanism; The American Dream Versus the American Reality.
- I' m a Hero, Not a Politician!Principle over Politics; Captain America in (Principled) Action; Secret Empire/Nomad; The Captain; Civil War; Notes; 7 Can Captain America Help Us Achieve Greater Unity and Civility?; The Divided States of America, Then and Now; The Three Core American Ideals; Justice; Equality; Liberty; Debating What We Disagree On While Recognizing What We Share; Now It's Our Turn; Notes; Appendix: Why are There Seven Volumes of Captain America and Five Volumes of Avengers?; Notes; References; Notes; Index.