Contents

Gray Areas in a Gray Area

I  Vittles ’n’ Such

  1.  Know Your ABCs (Always Be Cool)

JON COTTON

  2.  Can Proactive Policing Be Justified?

JOHN R. FITZPATRICK

  3.  The Crimes of Old King Coal

CLINT JONES

  4.  Justified’s Message of White Superiority

ROD CARVETH

  5.  Justified True Belief

CYNTHIA JONES

II  Signs from God

  6.  Was Boyd Truly Born Again?

MICHAEL D. JAWORSKI

  7.  Handling Snakes with Fear and Trembling

ROBERTO SIRVENT AND CALEB ACTON

III  Right and Wrong in Harlan County

  8.  I Did What I Had to Do

CHRISTIAN COTTON AND ANTHONY PALAZZO

  9.  The Ethical Theories of Raylan and Boyd

GERALD BROWNING

10.  Justified or Just Making Excuses?

ALEXANDER DICK

IV  Harlan’s Feminine Side

11.  We Are Not Your Savages

JOANNA CROSBY

12.  Boys Will Be Boys

CYNTHIA JONES, SANDRA HANSMANN, ANNE STACHURA, AND LINDA ENGLISH

V  Family Values

13.  Failed Patriarchs

PAUL ZINDER

14.  Motherhood and Apple Pie

PETER S. FOSL

15.  Family Matters in Harlan County

GERALD BROWNING

VI  Quite the Characters

16.  Pleasure Über Alles

ROD CARVETH

17.  Mags Bennett—Outlaw Mother

JULIA MASON

18.  Raylan Learns to Restrain Himself

NATHAN VERBAAN AND ADAM BARKMAN

Justified Killings?

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