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Asmodeus
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17 Feb 2010, 3:46 am

Here is a challenge for you. Find an example in film or tv of the following:

  • Relativism
  • Naturalism and Emotivism
  • Ethics and Egoism,
  • Ethics and Utalitarianism
  • Kant's Moral Philosophy
  • Natural Law Theory
  • Social Contract Theory
  • Virtue Ethics
  • Euthanasia and Capital Punishment
  • Enviromental Ethics


Winners get cookies.
I'm actually helping out a lecturer but don't have encyclopedic film knowledge. Good luck.



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17 Feb 2010, 4:52 am

Yes (Prime) Minister is very cynical, can be described utalitarian:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yhN1IDLQjo[/youtube]

Curb Your Enthusiasm mocks social contracts, or offers different conventions:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0uTi2qkgf0[/youtube]

Does this help you by any chance?



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17 Feb 2010, 4:56 am

The recent Avatar can cover

Asmodeus wrote:
  • Naturalism and Emotivism
  • Enviromental Ethics


I don't watch a lot of TV or movies, and I'm sleep-deprived at the moment, so that's all I've got for you now.


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17 Feb 2010, 11:16 am

1987 film Wall Street-Gordon Gekko- Egoism "Greed is good..."(he has a speech on this)