Moral Complexity in the Buffyverse
@inproceedings{Loftis2011MoralCI, title={Moral Complexity in the Buffyverse}, author={J. Loftis}, year={2011} }
[1] At some point in anyone’s ethical development, they must attempt to chart a path between the naïve acceptance of existing ethical dogmas and the black hole of rejecting the possibility of ethics altogether. Some people never manage to strike a balance. One sort falls back into the blind acceptance of the “self-evident” truths of their culture or revealed religion. I will call these people ethical dogmatists. Another sort of person gives up on ethics altogether, embracing some sort of… CONTINUE READING
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