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What's the point of living after your world has been destroyed? This is one of many questions raised by the Sci-Fi Channel's critically acclaimed series Battlestar Galactica. More than just an action-packed "space opera," each episode offers a dramatic character study of the human survivors and their Cylon pursuers as they confront existential, moral, metaphysical, theological, and political crises.This book addresses some of the key questions to which the Colonials won't find easy answers, even when they reach Earth: Are Cylons persons? Is Baltar's scientific worldview superior to Six's religious faith? Can Starbuck be free if she has a special destiny? Is it ethical to cut one's losses and leave people behind? Is collaboration with the enemy ever the right move? Is humanity a "flawed creation?" Should we share the Cylon goal of "transhumanism"? Is it a really a big deal that Starbuck's a woman?
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Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series: Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy, Randall M. Jensen, Jason T. Eberl, Andrew Terjesen, Erik D. Baldwin, William Irwin
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- Released
- 2008
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- Title
- Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series: Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy
- Subtitle
- Knowledge Here Begins Out There
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 1405178140
- ISBN13
- 9781405178143
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- What's the point of living after your world has been destroyed? This is one of many questions raised by the Sci-Fi Channel's critically acclaimed series Battlestar Galactica. More than just an action-packed "space opera," each episode offers a dramatic character study of the human survivors and their Cylon pursuers as they confront existential, moral, metaphysical, theological, and political crises.This book addresses some of the key questions to which the Colonials won't find easy answers, even when they reach Earth: Are Cylons persons? Is Baltar's scientific worldview superior to Six's religious faith? Can Starbuck be free if she has a special destiny? Is it ethical to cut one's losses and leave people behind? Is collaboration with the enemy ever the right move? Is humanity a "flawed creation?" Should we share the Cylon goal of "transhumanism"? Is it a really a big deal that Starbuck's a woman?