Comments on: The Philosophy of Batman

By: rewg

rewg — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:23:26 +0000

Oh, I’ve got it! Let the train run over the 5, throw the fat man to crush to other one. Now that’s fair to everybody! And we’ll all be doing our part to solve that little population problem.
What this city needs is a better class of ethical decision-maker…

By: rewg

rewg — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:21:57 +0000

Really tho, love this sight, glad I found it. Maybe we’ll see the Milgram experiment in a future movie. The whole “electrocute this person because I said so,” “um… ok, if you say so, sir, don’t mind if I do,” sequence.

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By: ryan

ryan — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:16:15 +0000

Dixon,

I agree with you that the scenario does not represent a proper prisoner’s dilemma…the act of both parties consenting results in the same outcome as both defecting. However, why is it that the prisoner’s dilemma is not a staple of philosophy as well as game theory? From my understanding, the prisoner’s dilemma is an example of how an egoist would (and should) respond in situations regarding maximizing outcomes. This causes problem for egoism, considering the ramifications of one always defecting in prisoner dilemma cases.

Or maybe I am mistaken with what you have said.

By: fenzel

fenzel — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:18:10 +0000

Hey Cat,

I missed this too the first time I saw it — the Joker switched the addresses. Batman thought he was saving Rachel, but he ended up saving Harvey.

So he didn’t even do it on purpose. Your gut reaction was right.

By: Cat

Cat — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:10:05 +0000

The railroad scenario in The Dark Knight.. can be the part where the Joker says that only Harvey Dent or Rachel Dawes can be saved.

And I personally felt that The Dark Knight would have saved Rachel. Instead Batman saved Harvey Dent.

I think Batman saved Harvey because he would be able to save more people. He was the white knight.

Though, in Batman Begins Rachel Dawes is Assistant DA. Why didn’t she become the DA instead of Harvey Dent?