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Author:   Mark D. White (College of Staten Island/CUNY)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 14.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.10cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9781394230051

ISBN 10:   1394230052
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   11 July 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction vii Acknowledgments xiii Notes on Source Material xiv About the Author xvi 1 Superhuman Ethics Class 1 Utilitarianism 2 Deontology 6 A Civil War … of Ethics! 10 Virtue Ethics 13 Virtuous Deontology … No, Deontological Virtue … Maybe “Deontovirtue”? 18 2 Captain America as a Moral Exemplar 26 Can a Fictional Character Be a Moral Exemplar? 27 Aren’t Fictional Characters Liable to Be Perfect? 30 Sixty Years, Dozens of Writers … One Captain America? 35 3 Five Basic Virtues 46 Courage 47 Humility 51 Righteous Indignation 55 Sacrifice (and Responsibility) 60 Perseverance 66 4 Honor and Integrity 81 The Honor of Captain America 81 External Honor as Respect 83 Internal Honor as Integrity 90 How Deep Does Integrity Go? 94 Principle and Compromise 97 Duty and Sacrifice (Again) 106 Judgment 120 Making the Hard Decisions 121 Whose Right Answer? 125 Tragic Dilemmas and How to Avoid Them 130 When Judgment Evolves 135 Has the World Changed … or Has Captain America? 145 6 Patriotism, Fascism, and the Dream 157 Patriotism: The Captain and America 157 The Three Core American Ideals 161 Justice 161 Equality 163 Liberty 165 Cosmopolitanism 168 Fascism and the “Secret Empire” 171 The American Dream versus the American Reality 180 7 Principle, Politics, and the Captains America 192 “I’m a Hero, Not a Politician!” 193 Principles above Politics 196 Captain America in (Principled) Action 200 Secret Empire/Nomad 201 The Captain 202 Civil War 206 A New Captain America 211 Proactivity, Conflict, and Compromise 218 Conclusion 233 Appendix: Why Are There Ten Volumes of Captain America and Nine Volumes of Avengers? 235 References 239 Index 264

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MARK D. WHITE is a Professor of Philosophy at the College of Staten Island/CUNY who has written widely on superheroes and philosophy, including in the books Batman and Ethics and the A Philosopher Reads… series, as well as contributions to many volumes in the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series.

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