Justified and Philosophy: Shoot First, Think Later
By (Author) Rod Carveth
Edited by Robert Arp
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
13th January 2015
United States
General
Non Fiction
791.4572
Paperback
288
Width 152mm, Height 228mm
382g
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,
Rod Carveth is Assistant Professor of Public Relations and Advertising at Morgan State University. He has co-edited books on media economics and the TV series Mad Men. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Communication from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He lives in Towson, MD. Robert Arp holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Saint Louis University. He is the author of Scenario Visualization (2008) and co-author of three books including What's Good on TV (2011) and Philosophy DeMYSTifieD (2001). He is the editor of 1001 Ideas that Changed the Way We Think (2013) and co-editor of at least a dozen other books, including Batman and Philosophy (2008), South Park and Philosophy: You Know I Learned Something Today (2006), and Breaking Bad and Philosophy (2012). He lives in Overland Park, KS.