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Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series: Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy

Knowledge Here Begins Out There

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What's the point of living after your world has been destroyed? This is one of many questions raised by the Sci-Fi Channel's critically acclaimed series Battlestar Galactica. More than just an action-packed "space opera," each episode offers a dramatic character study of the human survivors and their Cylon pursuers as they confront existential, moral, metaphysical, theological, and political crises.This book addresses some of the key questions to which the Colonials won't find easy answers, even when they reach Earth: Are Cylons persons? Is Baltar's scientific worldview superior to Six's religious faith? Can Starbuck be free if she has a special destiny? Is it ethical to cut one's losses and leave people behind? Is collaboration with the enemy ever the right move? Is humanity a "flawed creation?" Should we share the Cylon goal of "transhumanism"? Is it a really a big deal that Starbuck's a woman?

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Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series: Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy, Randall M. Jensen, Jason T. Eberl, Andrew Terjesen, Erik D. Baldwin, William Irwin

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Titel
Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series: Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy
Ondertitel
Knowledge Here Begins Out There
Taal
Engels
Jaar van publicatie
2008
Formaat
Paperback
Aantal pagina's
288
ISBN10
1405178140
ISBN13
9781405178143
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What's the point of living after your world has been destroyed? This is one of many questions raised by the Sci-Fi Channel's critically acclaimed series Battlestar Galactica. More than just an action-packed "space opera," each episode offers a dramatic character study of the human survivors and their Cylon pursuers as they confront existential, moral, metaphysical, theological, and political crises.This book addresses some of the key questions to which the Colonials won't find easy answers, even when they reach Earth: Are Cylons persons? Is Baltar's scientific worldview superior to Six's religious faith? Can Starbuck be free if she has a special destiny? Is it ethical to cut one's losses and leave people behind? Is collaboration with the enemy ever the right move? Is humanity a "flawed creation?" Should we share the Cylon goal of "transhumanism"? Is it a really a big deal that Starbuck's a woman?