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Moral Issues and Movies is authoritative: Dr. Joseph Forte's expertise on the content of the book derives from: His scholarship on ancient virtue ethics, as well as His expertise teaching ethical theories and issues at the university level since 2008 Additionally, subject-matter experts reviewed and/or contributed to every chapter. Moral Issues and Movies is designed to foster undergraduate student engagement and understanding by: Using recent mainstream films to illuminate philosophical concepts and texts Employing annotations and commentary to explain possibly confusing aspects of excerpts from classical philosophy texts, curated for each chapter Including links to vetted internet sources to provide context and avenues for further learning Providing a glossary of terminology in each chapter Breaking up chapters into small sections interspersed with carefully-selected images, including famous works of art Including questions for consideration and discussion throughout each chapter Providing further contextual background for the topics, thinkers, time periods, and texts of each chapter with an appendix, which includes not only text, but videos co-created by the author and curated from the web. Including an Instructor's Supplement to serve as pedagogical resource, with extensive suggestions about how to use the textbook effectively Moral Issues and Movies could serve as a standalone textbook or supplement for courses including but not limited to: Introduction to Ethics Contemporary Moral Issues Bioethics Philosophy of Death and Dying Modern Philosophy Philosophy Through Film Theories of Ethics Politics and Ethics Ancient Philosophy Contemporary Ethics

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