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Apr. 7th, 2023
The Virtues of Captain America
Apr. 7th, 2023 01:34 pmThe Virtues of Captain America: Modern-Day Lessons on Character from a World War II Superhero by Mark D. White
A pop discussion of moral philosophy as embodied in Captain America. The discussion of virtues is unsystemic, and he's a little heavy on treating him as a single concept and discussing various treatments as if they were really the same even when writers hijack him. (Some of that may be my philosophical background.) Patriotism gets quite a bit of discussion as is only fitting for a contentious issue in moral philosophy.
A pop discussion of moral philosophy as embodied in Captain America. The discussion of virtues is unsystemic, and he's a little heavy on treating him as a single concept and discussing various treatments as if they were really the same even when writers hijack him. (Some of that may be my philosophical background.) Patriotism gets quite a bit of discussion as is only fitting for a contentious issue in moral philosophy.
villain(s) of the piece
Apr. 7th, 2023 08:44 pmWas moving around pieces of a story like a toddler moving around building blocks, and thinking of this character as the potential villainess, living in the woods and working magic, except that she did not really seem like the villainess in doing certain acts. . . .
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superscales
Apr. 7th, 2023 10:02 pmOne thing that a world's history really matters in is how much time they have had to analyze superpowers.
Even in the basic sense of categorizing them as types and by strength.
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Even in the basic sense of categorizing them as types and by strength.
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