Publication Date: July 19, 2012

Morality and the Movies is now available for pre-order at: http://www.amazon.com/Morality-Movies-Reading-Ethics-Through/dp/1441145419/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1338374688&sr=1-1 An introductory level textbook for the study of Ethics in Film Film-Philosopher Thomas Wartenberg had this to say about Morality and the Movies: "Shaw makes morality go down as easily as a bag of popcorn.  No more will philosophy be dull...The book is certain to engage students, as they discover they were already thinking about morality when they were watching movies."

FILM AND PHILOSOPHY: TAKING MOVIES SERIOUSLY

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SHORT CUTS SERIES

 
I. Talking About Films Philosophically………………………………… 1

II. Philosophical Film Theorists…………………………………………. 8

III. Pioneering Film-Philosophy………………………………………….. 30

IV. Cognitive Legitimacy………………………………………………….. 40

V.a Philosophies of Horror………………………………………………... 51

V.b Science-Fiction Thought Experiments.......................................... 65

V.c Philosophical Approaches to Cinematic Emotions...................... 77

V.d Cognitive Film Philosophers and Their Critics............................. 93

V.e Existential Themes..........................................................................105

V.f Philosophy, Morality and the Movies............................................117

V.g Race, Class and Gender in the Philosophy of Film.....................134

V.h Philosophers Get Romantic...........................................................158

VI. Film as/and Philosophy..................................................................168

Bibliography............................................................................................188

Filmography............................................................................................193

Index........................................................................................................197

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