Philosophy @ the Movies: “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”
Caldwell 105 ,Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), directed by Michel Gondry
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), directed by Michel Gondry
"I Didn’t Do It: Very Implausible Denials and Social Unreality" Abstract: When I make a very implausible denial, I deny phi-ing, in a context in which (1) before I speak, it is common knowledge that I phi-ed and (2) after I … Read more
"National Partiality, Immigration, and the Problem of Double-Jeopardy" ABSTRACT: A foundational conviction of contemporary liberal thought is that all persons matter equally. However, states frequently pursue policies that are strikingly partial towards compatriots over foreigners. A common strategy for justifying this partiality … Read more
"A Plea for Translational Ethics" Philosophical ethics, like philosophy as a whole, is sometimes caricatured as an overly abstract and theoretical enterprise. In fact it has always cared about “the real world”; but its modes and methodologies of engaging with … Read more
Possible Worlds (2000), directed by Robert Lepage
"Infinite Ethics Meets Decision Theory" ABSTRACT: Some classic forms of utilitarianism presume that the goodness of a state of affairs can be determined by adding up numerical representations of the welfare of each of the people. When a population is … Read more
Force Majeure (2014), directed by Ruben Östlund
“When Ethics Must Keep Up with Fast-Paced Biomedical Science: The Case of HIV Cure Research” Karine Dubé, DrPH, MPhil (Oxon), a former Morehead-Cain Scholar at UNC and Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, is now an Assistant Professor in UNC's Gillings School … Read more
Mulholland Drive (2001), directed by David Lynch