{"product_id":"watchmen-and-philosophy-9780470396858","title":"Watchmen and Philosophy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlan Moore''s Watchmen is set in 1985 and chronicles the alternative history of the United States where the US edges dangerously closer to nuclear war with the Soviet Union. Within this world exists a group of crime busters, who don elaborate costumes to conceal their identity and fight crime, and an intricate plot to kill and discredit these superheroes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Alan Moore''s Watchmen popularized the graphic novel format, has been named one of Time magazine''s top 100 novels, and is now being made into a highly anticipated movie adaptation. This latest book in the popular Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series peers into Moore''s deeply philosophical work to parse and deconstruct the ethical issues raised by Watchmen''s costumed adventurers, their actions, and their world. From nuclear destruction to utopia, from governmental authority to human morality and social responsibility, it answers questions fans have had for years about Watchmen''s ethical quandaries, themes, and c\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments: They Left It Entirely in My Hands ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: A Rorschach Test 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One The Politics of Power: Who Watches The Watchmen?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Superman Exists, and He’s American: Morality in the Face of Absolute Power5\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher Robichaud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Can We Steer This Rudderless World? Kant, Rorschach, Retributivism, and Honor 19\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJacob M. Held\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Super-Vigilantes and the Keene Act 33\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTony Spanakos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Superheroes and Supermen: Finding Nietzsche’s Übermensch in Watchmen 47\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ. Keeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two The Veidt Plan: Watchmen and Ethics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Means, Ends, and the Critique of Pure Superheroes 63\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ. Robert Loftis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Virtues of Nite Owl’s Potbelly 79\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark D. White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Rorschach: When Telling the Truth Is Wrong 91\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlex Nuttall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three The Metaphysics of Dr. Manhattan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Dr. Manhattan, I Presume? 103\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames DiGiovanna\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 A Timely Encounter: Dr. Manhattan and Henri Bergson 115\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristopher M. Drohan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Free Will and Foreknowledge: Does Jon Really Know What Laurie Will Do Next, and Can She DoOtherwise? 125\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eArthur Ward\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 I’m Just a Puppet Who Can See the Strings: Dr. Manhattan as a Stoic Sage 137\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew Terjesen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four This Is Not Your Father’s Comic Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 “Why Don’t You Go Read a Book or Something?”\u003cbr\u003e Watchmen as Literature 157\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Aaron Meskin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Watchwomen 173\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah Donovan and Nick Richardson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Hooded Justice and Captain Metropolis: The Ambiguously Gay Duo 185\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Arp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 What’s So Goddamned Funny? The Comedian and Rorschach on Life’s Way 197\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTaneli Kukkonen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors: Who Writes about the Watchmen? 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex: After the Masquerade 221\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402324255063,"sku":"9780470396858","price":15.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470396858.jpg?v=1730480068","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/watchmen-and-philosophy-9780470396858","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}