Justified and philosophy : shoot first, think later / / edited by Rod Carveth, Robert Arp

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787355503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago, Illinois : , : Open Court, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-8126-9888-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Collana: Popular Culture and Philosophy ; ; Volume 88
• Disciplina: 791.450236
• Soggetti: Television programs - Moral and ethical aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Gray Areas in a Gray Area""; ""I. VITTLES 'N' SUCH ""; ""1. Know Your ABCs (Always Be Cool) ""; ""2. Ca Proactive Policing Be Justified? ""; ""3. The Crimes of Old King Coal ""; ""4. Justified's Message of White Superiority""; ""5. Justified True Belief ""; ""II. SIGNS FROM GOD ""; ""6. Was Boyd Truly Born Again? ""; ""7. Handling Snakes with Fear and Trembling ""; ""III. RIGHT AND WRONG IN HARLAN COUNTY ""; ""8. I Did What I Had To Do ""; ""9. The Ethical Theories of Raylan and Boyd ""; ""10. Justified or Just Making Excuses? ""; ""IV. HARLAN'S FEMININE SIDE ""; ""11. We Are Not Your Savages""""12. Boys Will Be Boys ""; ""V. FAMILY VALUES ""; ""13. Failed Patriarchs ""; ""14. Motherhood and Apple Pie ""; ""15. Family Matters in Harlan County ""; ""VI. QUITE THE CHARACTERS ""; ""16. Pleasure Uber Alles ""; ""17. Mags Bennett-Outlaw Mother ""; ""18. Raylan Learns to Restrain Himself ""; ""Justified Killings? ""; ""About Our Authors ""; ""Index ""
• Sommario/riassunto: 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