Abstract
This chapter aims to explore the work of a contemporary TV creator, Joss Whedon, who answers [Iris] Murdoch’s call for an art form that contains convincing portrayals of evil: in this case, the art form is a TV series, and the evil is supernatural, pictured through an elaborate pagan demonology. It is through various notions of the demon that Whedon offers an original take on philosophical questions regarding moral motivation and objectivity in a manner that does justice to the complexity of moral reality and of people’s psychology highlighted by Murdoch.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Philosophical Approaches to Demonology |
| Editors | Benjamin W. McCraw, Robert Arp |
| Place of Publication | U.K. |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Pages | 225-241 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781315466774 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781138205499 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- Angel (television program)
- Buffy, the vampire slayer (television program)
- Whedon, Joss, 1964-
- demonology
- ethics
- philosophy