{"product_id":"whats-good-on-tv-9781405194761","title":"Whats Good on TV","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat''s Good on TV? Understanding Ethics Through Television\u003c\/i\u003e presents an introduction to the basic theories and concepts of moral philosophy using concrete examples from classic and contemporary television shows.  \u003cul class=\"unIndentedList\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eUtilizes clear examples from popular contemporary and classic television shows, such as \u003ci\u003eThe Office\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLaw and Order\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFamily Guy\u003c\/i\u003e, to illustrate complex philosophical concepts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDesigned to be used as a stand-alone or supplementary introductory ethics text\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures case studies, study questions, and suggested readings\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEpisodes mentioned are from a wide variety of television shows, and are easily accessible\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a balanced treatment of a number of controversial ethical issues including environmental ethics, animal welfare, abortion, homosexuality, capital punishment, assisted suicide, censorship and the erosion of values\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes acompanion website at\u003ca href=\"h\u0026lt;br\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In short, this is an excellent book: pleasant and easy to read while imparting essential philosophical Knowledge.”  (\u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, 24 May 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Pilot Episode: Ethics and Popular Culture 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is Ethics? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Do We Make Progress in Ethics ? 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Does Pop Culture Have to Do with Ethics? 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries I. Is Anything \"Good\" on Television?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nature of Moral Value\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 1: Truth and Nihilism in Ethics 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe case for nihilism 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJ. L. Mackie, “The Argument from Queerness,” from Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe case for realism 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC. S. Lewis, from Mere Christianity 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: The Office (UK), “Work Experience,” series 1 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 2: Normativity – Social, Legal, and Moral 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou promised to play by the rules! 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Rawls, “Legal Obligation and the Duty of Fair Play” 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat does my neighbor have to do with my goodness? 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Stuart Mill, “Of the Limits to the Authority of Society over the Individual” from On Liberty 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: The Sopranos, “College,” season 1 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 3: God and Ethics 61\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat has Athens to do with Jerusalem? 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlato, Euthyphro 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoes God make the law or does he just let us in on it? 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC. S. Lewis, from The Problem of Pain 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: Law \u0026amp; Order, “God Bless the Child,” season 2 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries II. What's Right and Wrong? Ethical Theory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 4: Moral Relativism 79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAre we merely products of our culture? 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRuth Benedict, “A Defense of Ethical Relativism” 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelativism is unjustified 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJames Rachels, “The Challenge of Cultural Relativism” 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 1: Deadwood, “Childish Things,” season 2 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 2: South Park, “Death Camp of Tolerance,” season 6 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 5: Deontology 97\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKant’s theory of moral duty 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImmanuel Kant, from Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 1: Arrested Development, “Not without My Daughter,” season 1 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary Deontology 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 2: Friends, “The One Where Phoebe Hates PBS,” season 5 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 6: Consequentialism 114\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMill’s theory of utility 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Stuart Mill, from Utilitarianism 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 1: Battlestar Galactica, “You Can’t Go Home Again,” season 1 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 2: The Twilight Zone (Newer), “Cradle of Darkness,” season 1 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 7: Virtue Ethics 133\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAristotle’s theory of virtue 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAristotle, from Nicomachean Ethics 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 1: Foyle’s War, “Enemy Fire,” set 3 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 2: Star Trek: The Next Generation, “Hide and Q,” season 1 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries III. But What's Right When . . . ? Practical Ethics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 8: Environmental Ethics 155\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo Approaches to Environmental Ethics 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSilly environmentalists, nature is for people 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Baxter, “People or Penguins” 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 1: Northern Exposure, “Zarya,” season 6 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 2: Family Guy, “It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One,” season 5 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 9: Animal Welfare 170\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo Dead Ends 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree Approaches to Animal Welfare 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnimals are morally valuable, but not as valuable as adult humans 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMary Anne Warren, “Difficulties with the Strong Rights Position” 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 1: Bones, “Finger in the Nest,” season 4 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 2: House, M.D., “Babies and Bathwater,” season 1 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 10: Abortion 189\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne Common Assumption 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSix Fallacies to Avoid 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJudith Jarvis Thomson and the Violinist Argument 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMary Anne Warren and the Space Explorer 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbortion is wrong for the same reason that killing adults is wrong 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDon Marquis, “Why Abortion is Immoral” 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 1: Law \u0026amp; Order, “Dignity,” season 20 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 2: Maude, “Maude’s Dilemma – Parts 1 and 2,” season 1 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 11: Homosexuality 210\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArguments Against the Permissibility of Homosexuality 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArguments for the Permissibility of Homosexuality 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdditional Concerns 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew natural law theory and the morality of homosexuality 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStephen Macedo, “Homosexuality and the Conservative Mind”; Robert George and Bradley Gerard, “Marriage and the Liberal Imagination” 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 1: Law \u0026amp; Order, “Manhood,” season 3 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 2: Family Guy, “You May Now Kiss the . . . Uh . . . Guy Who Receives,” season 4 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 12: Punishment and Capital Punishment 232\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheories of Punishment 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArguments For and Against Capital Punishment 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCapital punishment is unjustified 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJeffrey Reiman, “The Justice of the Death Penalty in an Unjust World” 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 1: Star Trek: The Next Generation, “The Hunted,” season 3 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 2: Oz, “Capital P,” season 1 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 13: Assisted Suicide 254\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Few Terms 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree Moral Arguments Against the Permissibility of Assisted Suicide 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoral and Practical Arguments for the Permissibility of Assisted Suicide 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe good of society depends on assisted suicide 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDaniel Callahan, “Aging and the Ends of Medicine” 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 1: Picket Fences, “Abominable Snowman,” season 2 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 2: Scrubs, “My Jiggly Ball,” season 5 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Epilogue: Does TV Erode Our Values? 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Moral Influence of Television 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Debate Over Censorship 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Kantian Reason not to Censor 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 1: Family Guy, “PTV,” season 4 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUtilitarian Reasons not to Censor 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoral Reasons to Censor 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploitation, Objectification, and TV 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 2: Toddlers \u0026amp; Tiaras (any episode) 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReality TV and Psychological Harm 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThat’s All Folks! 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 295\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529339543895,"sku":"9781405194761","price":68.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405194761.jpg?v=1731875237","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/whats-good-on-tv-9781405194761","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}