| Description |
1 online resource (281 pages). |
| Series |
Popular culture and philosophy ; Volume 88 |
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Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 88.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
The sharp-shooting authors in Justified and Philosophy take aim at many of the same philosophical problems that the Justified TV series grapples with. For instance, is Tim Olyphant's character, Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, morally justified in using his Wild-Wild-West-style vigilante tactics to clean up Harlan County, Kentucky? After all, the meth dealers, thieves, murderers, and other low-life scumbags all deserve what's coming to them, right? Not so fast, Quick-Draw McGraw! What about the law? What about a thorough and complete investigation of matters before dispensing so-called ""jus. |
| Contents |
1. Know Your ABCs (Always Be Cool) -- 2. Can Proactive Policing Be Justified? -- 3. The Crimes of Old King Coal -- 4. Justified's Message of White Superiority -- 5. Justified True Belief -- 6. Was Boyd Truly Born Again? -- 7. Handling Snakes with Fear and Trembling -- 8. I Did What I Had To Do ; 9. The Ethical Theories of Raylan and Boyd ; 10. Justified or Just Making Excuses? -- 11. We Are Not Your Savages -- 12. Boys Will Be Boys -- 13. Failed Patriarchs -- 14. Motherhood and Apple Pie -- 15. Family Matters in Harlan County -- 16. Pleasure Über Alles -- 17. Mags Bennett- Outlaw Mother -- 18. Raylan Learns to Restrain Himself. |
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Justified (Television program)
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Television programs -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Essays.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Reference.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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| Added Author |
Carveth, Rod, editor.
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Arp, Robert, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Carveth, Rod. Justified and Philosophy : Shoot First, Think Later. New York : Open Court, ©2014 9780812698763 |
| ISBN |
9780812698886 (electronic bk.) |
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0812698886 (electronic bk.) |
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