Heroes and VillainsHercules, Jesus, James Bond, Luke Skywalker, Gandalf, Frodo, Harry Potter, Buffy Summers, Spiderman, Batman, Captain Kirk, Dr. Who, Darth Vader, Sauron, Voldemort, Lex Luthor, Dr. Doom, the Daleks, the Borg. Almost anybody living in the developed West would be able to group these individuals into two camps: the heroes and the villains. However, what criteria they may use to do this is less clear. Mike Alsford introduces us to a range of heroic and villainous archetypes on a journey through film, television, comic books, and literature. On the way, he addresses questions such as: What is a true hero? What is a true villain? Have we misunderstood these terms? What kind of societal values do our mythical heroes and villains represent? In trying to understand the extremes of hero and villain we are made more aware of our own ethical standards and given a space in which to explore contemporary concerns over notions of right and wrong, good and bad. |
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... theology , for example , may balk at commenting upon deontological versus teleological ethics they may have plenty to say concerning the relative behaviours of the Batman and Superman . I have chosen my examples of the heroic and the ...
... theology . Kant's concern with scepticism was catalysed by his encounter with the work of the Scottish philosopher David Hume . At a moment in history when natural science was in the ascendant and confidence in the experimental method ...
... theologians alike . Nineteenth century liberal theologians such as Ritschl and Harnack put great emphasis upon the will as the source of ethical motivation and thus spirituality . For Albrecht Ritschl ( 1822-1889 ) The whole point of ...
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Myth and Imagination | 1 |
Heroes and Otherness | 23 |
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility | 63 |
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