Nietzschean Critique
25. Rediscovering Nietzsche’s Űbermensch in Superman as a Heroic Ideal
By Arno Bogaerts
Pop Culture Resources:
-Superman Bio and basics
-Superman’s Story (wiki)
Philosophical Resources:
-Thus Spake Zarathustra full (easily navigable) text online
-A useful quick chapter by chapter summary of Thus Spake Zarathustra
-Eva Cybulska dispels popular misconceptions about the Ubermensch in Philosophy Now
-Arthur Schopenhauer (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Existentialist Ethics
26. Knowing Who You Are: Existence Precedes Essence in Moana
By William J. Devlin
Pop Culture Resources:
-Moana detailed plot summary
Philosophical Resources:
-Brian Duignan (Britannica) on the difference between Plato and Aristotle
-“existence precedes essence” (from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
-Ben G. Yacobi on “The LImits of Authenticity” (from Philosophy Now)
-Irwin on Nietzsche on becoming
Feminist Critique
27. Becoming a (Wonder) Woman: Feminism, Nationalism, and the Ambiguity of Female Identity
By J. Lenore Wright
Pop Culture Resources:
-Wonderman Bio and basics
-Ruth Kinane (Entertainment), “History and Life of Wonder Woman”
-Angelica Jade Bastién (Vulture) “The Strange, Complicated, Feminist History of Wonder Woman’s Origin Story”
-NPR (audio and text) on the (complicated) creator of Wonder Woman
Philosophical Resources:
-Felicity Joseph (Philosophy Now) on Simone de Beauvoir and Female Embodiment
28. The Silence of Our Mother: Eywa as the Voice of Feminine Care Ethics (Avatar)
By George A. Dunn and Nicolas Michaud
Pop Culture Resources:
-Detailed Avatar summary
-Shorter Avatar summary
Philosophical Resources:
-Excerpt from Gilligan’s book, “In a Different Voice.”
-A quick Primer on the Ethics of Care (with video)
-Nel Noddings on caring in education
Environmental Ethics
29. “Everything is Backwards Now”: Avatar, Anthropocentrism, and Relational Reason
By Jeremy David Bendik-Keymer
Pop Culture Resources:
-Detailed Avatar summary
-Shorter Avatar summary
-On the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Philosophical Resources:
-Joseph Winters (Student essay) on Environmentalism and anthropocentrism
-Maria Popova (Brain Pickings) explains Martin Buber’s I and Thou
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