| Título: | Undecided Stories: Alfred Hitchcock's Blackmail, and the Problem of Moral Agency |
| Autores: | McCarron, Gary; Simon Fraser University |
| Fecha: | 2008-02-28 |
| Publicador: | Canadian Journal of Comumunication |
| Fuente: |
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| Tipo: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article research-article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
| Tema: |
Communication; Cultural analysis; Film studies; Philosophy Alfred Hitchcock; Moral agency; Ethical rules |
| Descripción: | Abstract: This article considers the question of moral agency in the work of Alfred Hitchcock through a detailed analysis of a crucial sequence from his early film Blackmail (1929). Focusing on this representative moment the author’s goal is to examine the problem of moral agency per se, rather than to catalogue expositions of specific ethical problems in a range of different Hitchcock films. In distinguishing between ethical rules and moral impulses, the author follows Zygmunt Bauman (1993, 1995, 2000) to examine the utility of this distinction in relation to the issue of moral agency in Hitchcock’s work. Ethical rules, it is argued, are one aspect of our moral experience that often runs directly counter to our moral intuitions. Résumé : Cet article porte sur la question d’autonomie morale dans l’oeuvre d’Alfred Hitchcock en effectuant l’analyse détaillée d’une séquence cruciale dans une de ses premières oeuvres, Chantage (1929). L’auteur, en mettant l’accent sur un moment représentatif du film, a l’intention d’examiner le problème d’autonomie morale en soi plutôt que de répertorier des problèmes éthiques particuliers dans un éventail de films d’Hitchcock. En faisant la distinction entre règles éthiques et impulsions morales, il s’inspire de Zygmunt Bauman dans le but d’examiner l’utilité de cette distinction par rapport à l’autonomie morale dans l’oeuvre d’Hitchcock. Il soutient que les règles éthiques sont un aspect de notre expérience morale qui souvent s’oppose directement à nos intuitions morales. |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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