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Academic Film Studies
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African Queen
Alien Queen
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Cheery Denial
cinematic ethics
classical virtue theory
day
Egoistic Hedonism
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ethical character development
Executive Virtues
film and moral education
Film Fresh
friendship
Future Pairing
Good Life
Great White
groundhog
Groundhog Day
Interpersonal Adaptability
Joseph H. Kupfer
Kevin's Problems
Larger Family
Linguistic Virtues
Madame De Tourvel
moral philosophy
movie
Movie Text
narrative analysis
practical
Practical Wisdom
queen
romantic
Romantic Friendship
Shark Hunt
Social Adaptability
Substantive Virtues
Vicarious Projection
virtue ethics in cinema
virtuous
Virtuous Friendship
wisdom
Younger Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780813367217
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 17 Sep 1999
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Visions of Virtue in Popular Film grows out of the interplay between film criticism and a philosophical view of virtue. Joseph H. Kupfer argues that film fictions can be integral to moral reflection, and thus by examining the narrative and cinematic aspects of popular films, we can derive important moral truths about people and their behavior. Taking as his base a classical conception of virtue and vice, Kupfer offers an in-depth examination of Groundhog Day, The African Queen, Parenthood, Rob Roy, Fresh, Jaws, and Aliens in order to investigate the value of virtue within ever-widening social contexts.
Joseph Kupfer is Professor of Philosophy at Iowa State University where he teaches aesthetics, medical ethics, family ethics, and philosophy of law. He has written on such topics as privacy, lying, the parent-child relationship, violence, and sports. His two books are Experience as Art (1983), and Autonomy and Social Interaction (1990). His most recent work is on the aesthetics of nature, virtue and vice, and philosophy in film.
