24 and Philosophy The World According to Jack

by Weed, Jennifer Hart; Davis, Richard Brian; Weed, Ronald

• ISBN13: 9781405171045
• ISBN10: 1405171049
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-19
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The Los Angeles Counter-Terrorism Unit (CTU) is on high alert now that 24 and Philosophy has been released to the public. Better hold your breath as such dangerous philosophers as Aristotle, Hobbes, Kant and Nietzsche infiltrate the CTU. Join them as they investigate Jack Bauer, asking the big questions of philosophy. Along the way, we'll want to know why the American Presidents trust Jack Bauer and whether they ought to? What does he have to know to cut through lies and ambiguities? When he saves lives by risking lives, is he justified or just lucky? When he puts his life on the line, is he crazy or courageous? And how could he know which knee cap to blow out to get that all-important next lead?? With the help of this volume, you don't need a security clearance to learn about philosophy.

Author Biography

Jennifer Hart Weed, Richard Davis, and Ronald Weed teach Philosophy at Tyndale University College in Toronto.

Table of Contents

The following takes place between 12:00 A.M. and 12:00 A.M.: 12:00 A.M.-1:00 A.M

CLASSIFIED: Table of Contents 1:00 A.M.-2:00 A.M

Dedication: To Edgar 2:00 A.M.-3:00 A.M

Foreword: Philosophy?

If You Don't Know 24, You Don't Know Jack! (Morris Institute for Human Values)3:00 A.M.-4:00 A.M.

Introduction: CTU Orientation (Tyndale University College)4:00 A.M.-5:00 A.M.

Acknowledgements: Chloe, We Need You! 5:00 A.M.-9:00 A.M.

Special Agent

What Would Jack Bauer Do? Moral Dilemmas and Moral Theory in 24 (Northwestern College)

Between Hero and Villain: Jack Bauer and the Problem of "Dirty Hands" (University of Manchester)

Beyond the Call of Duty (Tyndale University College)

Truth and Illusion in 24-Jack Bauer: Dionysus in the World of Apollo (Saint Louis University and Washington University)

9:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. The Oval Office and the Halls of Power

President Palmer and the Invasion of China: The Beginning of a Just War? (Tyndale University College)

Jack Bauer as Anti-Eichmann and Scourge of Political Liberalism (Marian College) and (Mississippi State University)

Palmer's Pickle: Why Couldn't He Stomach it? (University of Leeds)

12:00 P.M.-3:00 P.M. CTU Headquarters

The Ethics of Torture in 24: Shockingly (Dublin City University)

Loyalty and the "War of all Against All" in 24 (Georgia State University)

Who Dares Sins: (University of Leeds)

3:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M. Moles, Double-Agents, and Terrorists

Living in a World of Suspicion: The Epistemology of Mistrust (Ohio Wesleyan University)

The Cruel Cunning of Reason: The Modern/Postmodern Conflict in 24 (University of Alaska, Anchorage)

The Knowledge Game Can be Torture (Biola University)

6:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M. Technology, Objectification, and the Clock

How the Cell Phone Changed the World and Made 24 Read (New Forest Institute)

24 and the Ethics of Objectification (National Center for Biomedical Ontology) and (Florida State University)

Double Time for Jack: 24 in Light of Aesthetic Theory (University of Virginia) 9:00 P.M.-10:00 P.M.

Classified: CTU Personnel 10:00 P.M.-11:00 P.M

Classified: Assets and Sources 11:00 P.M.-12:00 A.M.

Classified: The Codes

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