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"Watchmen is the most critically acclaimed graphic novel ever published and turned the world of comic superheroes on its head. This masterpiece of realistic storytelling, dialogue, and artwork, courtesy of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, raises a host of compelling philosophical questions. How do Ozymandias and Rorschach justify their actions? What are the political ramifications of the Comedian's work for the government? How do we explain the nature of Dr. Manhattan? And can a graphic novel be considered literature? Whether you're reading Watchmen for the first time or have been a fan for more than twenty years, Watchmen and Philosophy will help you read deeper into the philosophical questions and the revolutionary story that changed comic fiction forever."--Jacket.

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John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Language
English
Pages
227

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Moral and ethical aspects, Comic books, strips, Comic books, strips, etc., moral and ethical aspects
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Alan Moore (1953-)

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Table of Contents

Introduction: A Rorschach test
The politics of power : who watches the watchmen?
The superman exists, and he's American : morality in the face of absolute power / Christopher Obichaud
Can we steer this rudderless world? : Kant, Rorschach, retributivism, and honor / Jacob M. Held
Super vigilantes and the Keene Act / Tony Spanakos
Superheroes and supermen : finding Nietzsche's Bermensch in Watchmen / Joseph Keeping
The Veidt plan : Watchmen and ethics
Means, ends, and the critique of pure superheroes / J. Robert Loftis
The virtues of nite owl's potbelly / Mark D. White
Rorschach : when telling the truth is wrong / Alex Nuttall
The metaphysics of Dr. Manhattan
Dr. Manhattan, I presume? / James DiGiovanna
Dr. Manhattan and Bergson's theory of simultaneous time / Chris Drohan
Free will and foreknowledge : does Jon really know what Laurie will do next and can she do otherwise? / Arthur Ward
I'm just a puppet who can see the strings : Dr. Manhattan as a stoic sage / Andrew Terjesen
This is not your father's comic book
Why don't you go read a book or something? : watchmen as literature / Aaron Meskin
Watchwomen / Sarah Donovan and Nick Richardson
Hooded justice and Captain Metropolis : the ambiguously gay duo / Robert Arp
What's so goddamned funny? : the comedian and Rorschach on life's way / Taneli Kukkonen.

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Includes index.

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Hoboken, N.J
Series
The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series

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Dewey Decimal Class
741.5/942
Library of Congress
PN6728.W386 W38 2009, PN6728.W386W38 2009

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p. cm.
Number of pages
227

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OL22665645M
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9780470396858
LCCN
2008045525
OCLC/WorldCat
244768442
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7474859
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4702077

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