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Morality and the<br />
Movies<br />
reading Ethics Through Film<br />
Dan Shaw<br />
‘Its combination of<br />
clear presentation,<br />
compatibility with<br />
other introductory<br />
materials, and<br />
provocative<br />
examples should<br />
make it especially<br />
attractive for<br />
instructors as well<br />
as students.’ Dan Flory, Montana State<br />
University, USA<br />
• Introductory text that uses popular<br />
films to illustrate key theories and<br />
themes in philosophical ethics<br />
• Each chapter introduces a major theory<br />
or theme through analysis of one film<br />
• Ideal for undergraduate students<br />
coming to moral philosophy for the first<br />
time<br />
An introduction to ethical theories and<br />
contemporary moral issues through film.<br />
DAN SHAw is Professor of Philosophy and Film at<br />
Lock Haven university, uSA.<br />
uK May 2012 uS August 2012<br />
208 Pages 138 x 216 mm 5.375 x 8.5 inches<br />
HB 9781441100993 - £50.00 / $90.00<br />
PB 9781441145413 - £16.99 / $27.95<br />
continuum<br />
Reading Alasdair<br />
MacIntyre’s After<br />
Virtue<br />
Christopher<br />
Stephen Lutz<br />
‘Christopher<br />
Lutz has the gifts<br />
of a first-rate<br />
commentator<br />
and guide and his<br />
readers will be as<br />
indebted to him<br />
as I am.’ Alasdair<br />
MacIntyre<br />
• The first commentary/textbook on one<br />
of the most important contemporary<br />
works in ethics<br />
• will help readers to interpret the text<br />
clearly and understand the history that<br />
informs it<br />
• Provides chapter-by-chapter summaries<br />
cHrISTOPHEr STEPHEN LuTZ is Associate<br />
Professor of Philosophy at Saint Meinrad<br />
Seminary and School of Theology, uSA.<br />
uK May 2012 uS March 2012<br />
176 Pages 138 x 216 mm 5.5 x 8.5 inches<br />
HB 9781441126160 - £45.00 / $80.00<br />
PB 9781441145079 - £14.99 / $24.95<br />
continuum<br />
On the Intrinsic Value<br />
of Everything<br />
Scott A. Davison<br />
• Excellent<br />
introduction to<br />
applied ethics<br />
(especially<br />
environmental<br />
ethics)<br />
• Engages the<br />
reader through<br />
practical<br />
examples from<br />
day to day life<br />
• Explains technical and difficult<br />
concepts in clear prose<br />
An illuminating introduction to<br />
fundamental questions in ethics. Both<br />
critics and proponents of the concept<br />
of intrinsic value will find something of<br />
interest in this careful investigation of<br />
the basic value structure of the world.<br />
ScOTT A. DAvISON is Professor of Philosophy at<br />
Morehead State university, Kentucky, uSA.<br />
uK April 2012 uS February 2012<br />
160 Pages 138 x 216 mm 5.5 x 8.5 inches<br />
HB 9781441177926 - £45.00 / $80.00<br />
PB 9781441162823 - £14.99 / $24.95<br />
continuum<br />
Free Will, 2nd Edition<br />
Sourcehood and its Alternatives<br />
Kevin Timpe<br />
• Offers a fully comprehensive<br />
introduction to contemporary debates<br />
on free will<br />
• covers a range of competing views,<br />
while also advocating a particular<br />
account of free will<br />
• written in an accessible, studentfriendly<br />
style<br />
A comprehensive and accessible<br />
introduction to contemporary debates on<br />
free will.<br />
KEvIN TIMPE is Associate Professor of Philosophy<br />
at Northwest Nazarene university, uSA, and<br />
Templeton research Fellow at St. Peter’s<br />
college, university of Oxford, uK.<br />
uK November 2012 uS January 2013<br />
224 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches<br />
HB 9781441189936 - £60.00 / $110.00<br />
PB 9781441146427 - £18.99 / $32.95<br />
continuum<br />
PHILOSOPHY<br />
The Purpose of Life<br />
A Theistic Perspective<br />
Stewart Goetz<br />
• An engaging<br />
exploration<br />
of what many<br />
consider to be the<br />
founding question<br />
of philosophy<br />
• Shows how people<br />
with opposing<br />
views can reason<br />
with each other about life’s important<br />
issues<br />
• Surveys both theist and atheist<br />
arguments about life’s meaning<br />
what does philosophy have to say on<br />
the question of the meaning of life?<br />
The Purpose of Life explores one of the<br />
founding questions of philosophy, one<br />
that has remained a central problem for<br />
thinkers from antiquity through to the<br />
Middle Ages and modern period.<br />
STEwArT gOETZ is ross Frederick wicks<br />
Distinguished Professor in Philosophy and<br />
religion at ursinus college, uSA.<br />
uK September 2012 uS July 2012<br />
192 Pages 138 x 216 mm 5.5 x 8.5 inches<br />
HB 9781441190352 - £45.00 / $80.00<br />
PB 9781441180827 - £14.99 / $24.95<br />
continuum<br />
Excursions with<br />
Kierkegaard<br />
Others, goods, Death, Final Faith<br />
Edward F.<br />
Mooney<br />
• guides the<br />
reader through<br />
the philosopher’s<br />
major themes<br />
• Offers original<br />
insights on birth,<br />
death, the soul,<br />
and the fragility<br />
of self in<br />
Kierkegaard<br />
• written by a leading Kierkegaard<br />
scholar<br />
Noted Kierkegaard scholar Edward<br />
Mooney guides the reader through the<br />
major themes of the Danish philosopher’s<br />
life and thought.<br />
EDwArD F. MOONEy is Professor of Philosophy<br />
and religion at Syracuse university, uSA.<br />
uK December 2012 uS October 2012<br />
208 Pages 138 x 216 mm 5.5 x 8.5 inches<br />
HB 9781441146328 - £55.00 / $100.00<br />
PB 9781441190345 - £17.99 / $29.95<br />
continuum<br />
PHILOSOPHY<br />
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