The virtues of Captain America : Modern-Day Lessons on Character from a World War II Superhero / Mark D. White
- Author:
- White, Mark D., 1971-
- Published:
- Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley Blackwell, 2014.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 234 pages ; 23 cm
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Superhuman Ethics Class -- Utilitarianism -- Deontology -- A Civil War... of Ethics! -- Virtue Ethics -- Virtuous Deontology... No, Deontological Virtue Maybe "Deontovirtue"? -- 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? -- 3.Five Basic Virtues -- Courage -- Humility -- Righteous Indignation -- Sacrifice and Responsibility -- Perseverance -- 4.Honor and Integrity -- The Honor of Captain America -- External Honor as Respect -- Internal Honor as Integrity -- Principle and Compromise -- Duty and Sacrifice (Again) -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9781118619261 (pbk.)
1118619269 (pbk.) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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