A Conflict of Interests : Aspects of Morality in Drew Karpyshyn's Mass Effect-trilogy
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Summary, in English
This essay analyzes several characters, events and dilemmas in Drew Karpyshyn's Mass Effect-trilogy using the moral philosophical theory called 'the principle of equal interests', a theory developed by Australian philosohper Peter Singer. The aim of these analyses is to demonstrate that the novels are written in such a way that the dilemmas presented are morally ambigious, and as such the reader of the novels will have to decide for him- or herself which side of a particular argument they want to side with.
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Publishing year
2011
Language
English
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Student publication for Bachelor's degree
Topic
- Languages and Literatures
Keywords
- Retribution
- philosophy
- principle of equal interest
- morality
- Peter Singer
- Drew Karpyshyn
- Mass Effect
- Ascension
- Revelation
Supervisor
- Anna Lindhé