{"product_id":"whats-good-on-tv-isbn-9781405194761","title":"What's Good on TV?","description":"\u003ci\u003eWhat's Good on TV? Understanding Ethics Through Television\u003c\/i\u003e presents an introduction to the basic theories and concepts of moral philosophy using concrete examples from classic and contemporary television shows.  \u003cul class=\"unIndentedList\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eUtilizes clear examples from popular contemporary and classic television shows, such as \u003ci\u003eThe Office\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLaw and Order\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFamily Guy\u003c\/i\u003e, to illustrate complex philosophical concepts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDesigned to be used as a stand-alone or supplementary introductory ethics text\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures case studies, study questions, and suggested readings\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEpisodes mentioned are from a wide variety of television shows, and are easily accessible\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a balanced treatment of a number of controversial ethical issues including environmental ethics, animal welfare, abortion, homosexuality, capital punishment, assisted suicide, censorship and the erosion of values\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a companion website at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/whatsgoodontv.webs.com\/\"\u003ehttp:\/\/whatsgoodontv.webs.com\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Pilot Episode: Ethics and Popular Culture 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is Ethics? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Do We Make Progress in Ethics ? 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Does Pop Culture Have to Do with Ethics? 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries I. Is Anything \"Good\" on Television?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nature of Moral Value\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 1: Truth and Nihilism in Ethics 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe case for nihilism 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJ. L. Mackie, “The Argument from Queerness,” from Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe case for realism 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC. S. Lewis, from Mere Christianity 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: The Office (UK), “Work Experience,” series 1 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 2: Normativity – Social, Legal, and Moral 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou promised to play by the rules! 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Rawls, “Legal Obligation and the Duty of Fair Play” 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat does my neighbor have to do with my goodness? 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Stuart Mill, “Of the Limits to the Authority of Society over the Individual” from On Liberty 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: The Sopranos, “College,” season 1 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 3: God and Ethics 61\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat has Athens to do with Jerusalem? 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlato, Euthyphro 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoes God make the law or does he just let us in on it? 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC. S. Lewis, from The Problem of Pain 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study: Law \u0026amp; Order, “God Bless the Child,” season 2 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries II. What's Right and Wrong? Ethical Theory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 4: Moral Relativism 79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAre we merely products of our culture? 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRuth Benedict, “A Defense of Ethical Relativism” 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelativism is unjustified 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJames Rachels, “The Challenge of Cultural Relativism” 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 1: Deadwood, “Childish Things,” season 2 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 2: South Park, “Death Camp of Tolerance,” season 6 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 5: Deontology 97\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKant’s theory of moral duty 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImmanuel Kant, from Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 1: Arrested Development, “Not without My Daughter,” season 1 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary Deontology 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 2: Friends, “The One Where Phoebe Hates PBS,” season 5 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 6: Consequentialism 114\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMill’s theory of utility 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Stuart Mill, from Utilitarianism 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 1: Battlestar Galactica, “You Can’t Go Home Again,” season 1 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 2: The Twilight Zone (Newer), “Cradle of Darkness,” season 1 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 7: Virtue Ethics 133\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAristotle’s theory of virtue 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAristotle, from Nicomachean Ethics 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 1: Foyle’s War, “Enemy Fire,” set 3 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 2: Star Trek: The Next Generation, “Hide and Q,” season 1 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries III. But What's Right When . . . ? Practical Ethics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 8: Environmental Ethics 155\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo Approaches to Environmental Ethics 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSilly environmentalists, nature is for people 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Baxter, “People or Penguins” 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 1: Northern Exposure, “Zarya,” season 6 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 2: Family Guy, “It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One,” season 5 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 9: Animal Welfare 170\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo Dead Ends 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree Approaches to Animal Welfare 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnimals are morally valuable, but not as valuable as adult humans 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMary Anne Warren, “Difficulties with the Strong Rights Position” 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 1: Bones, “Finger in the Nest,” season 4 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 2: House, M.D., “Babies and Bathwater,” season 1 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 10: Abortion 189\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne Common Assumption 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSix Fallacies to Avoid 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJudith Jarvis Thomson and the Violinist Argument 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMary Anne Warren and the Space Explorer 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbortion is wrong for the same reason that killing adults is wrong 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDon Marquis, “Why Abortion is Immoral” 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 1: Law \u0026amp; Order, “Dignity,” season 20 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 2: Maude, “Maude’s Dilemma – Parts 1 and 2,” season 1 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 11: Homosexuality 210\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArguments Against the Permissibility of Homosexuality 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArguments for the Permissibility of Homosexuality 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdditional Concerns 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew natural law theory and the morality of homosexuality 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStephen Macedo, “Homosexuality and the Conservative Mind”; Robert George and Bradley Gerard, “Marriage and the Liberal Imagination” 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 1: Law \u0026amp; Order, “Manhood,” season 3 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 2: Family Guy, “You May Now Kiss the . . . Uh . . . Guy Who Receives,” season 4 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 12: Punishment and Capital Punishment 232\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheories of Punishment 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArguments For and Against Capital Punishment 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCapital punishment is unjustified 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJeffrey Reiman, “The Justice of the Death Penalty in an Unjust World” 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 1: Star Trek: The Next Generation, “The Hunted,” season 3 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 2: Oz, “Capital P,” season 1 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpisode 13: Assisted Suicide 254\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Few Terms 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree Moral Arguments Against the Permissibility of Assisted Suicide 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoral and Practical Arguments for the Permissibility of Assisted Suicide 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe good of society depends on assisted suicide 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDaniel Callahan, “Aging and the Ends of Medicine” 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 1: Picket Fences, “Abominable Snowman,” season 2 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 2: Scrubs, “My Jiggly Ball,” season 5 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative case studies 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Epilogue: Does TV Erode Our Values? 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Moral Influence of Television 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Debate Over Censorship 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Kantian Reason not to Censor 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 1: Family Guy, “PTV,” season 4 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUtilitarian Reasons not to Censor 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoral Reasons to Censor 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploitation, Objectification, and TV 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study 2: Toddlers \u0026amp; Tiaras (any episode) 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReality TV and Psychological Harm 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThat’s All Folks! 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudy questions 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 295\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“In short, this is an excellent book: pleasant and easy to read while imparting essential philosophical Knowledge.”  (\u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, 24 May 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eJamie Carlin Watson\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Young Harris College, Young Harris, Georgia. He has published in the fields of philosophy of science and popular culture and philosophy. His current research is in the epistemology of a priori justification.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Arp\u003c\/b\u003e taught aspects of philosophy at several colleges and universities, including Southwest Minnesota State University, Florida State University, and Saint Louis University. He has published works in many philosophical areas, including philosophy of biology, philosophy of mind, and popular culture and philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e Are the actions of TV's Jack Bauer morally justified? What can a mob hit sanctioned by Tony Soprano possibly teach us about ethical behavior? And what makes Captain Jean-Luc Picard such an ideal moral figure, anyway? It should come as no surprise that some of the most abstract philosophical ideas are often easier absorbed with examples drawn from popular culture. \u003ci\u003eWhat's Good on TV? Understanding Ethics Through Television\u003c\/i\u003e presents an introduction to the basic theories and concepts of moral philosophy using concrete examples from classic and contemporary television shows. Topics from metaethics, normative ethics, and applied ethics are addressed - alongside explanations of classic and contemporary arguments - and considered through the eyes of characters as varied as Phoebe Buffay, Dr Gregory House, and cast members of \u003ci\u003eFamily Guy\u003c\/i\u003e. Enlightening and informative, yet far more enjoyable than standard texts, \u003ci\u003eWhat's Good on TV?\u003c\/i\u003e is an introduction to some of the more imponderable philosophical ideas inherent in modern ethics.","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990474703077,"sku":"NP9781405194761","price":95.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405194761.jpg?v=1761787973","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/whats-good-on-tv-isbn-9781405194761","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}