Table of Contents

1. Cover
2. Acknowledgments
3. Introduction
   1. Which Batman?
4. PART I: What Batman Tries to Do—and How He Might Do It Better
   1. 1 Utilitarianism and the Mission
      1. Utilitarianism: Bentham, Mill, and … Wayne?
      2. Not as Simple as It Seems
   2. 2 Limitations of the Mission
      1. The Dark Utilitarian
      2. Fighting Crime and Only Fighting Crime
      3. What about Vengeance and Justice?
      4. Sticking to Gotham City
      5. The Futility of the Bat
   3. 3 Trade‐Offs within the Mission
      1. Holy Decisions, Batman!
      2. The Partiality of the Bat
      3. Save Rather Than Chase … No Matter Who Needs Saving
      4. Save Everybody … Even Those Who Would Kill?
      5. The Problem of the Robins
   4. 4 The Value and Meaning of the Bat
      1. Is Being Batman the Best He Can Do?
      2. But Is Batman Good for Gotham?
      3. Is Batman … Happy?
      4. What Being Batman Means … to Batman
   5. Intermezzo
5. PART II: What Batman Is Willing to Do—and What He Isn’t
   1. 5 Deontology and the Rules
      1. The Deontological Knight
      2. The Brave and the Bold: Utilitarianism vs. Deontology
   2. 6 Killing
      1. Thou Shalt Not Kill
      2. To the Bat‐Trolley!
      3. The Real Reason Batman Refuses to Kill … and the Problem with It
      4. “There’s Always a Choice for People Like Us” … But Is There Really?
      5. But He Has Killed … and More Than Once …
   3. 7 Torture and Violence
      1. Part 1: Torture
      2. Part 2: Violence
   4. 8 Law, Justice, and the Police
      1. Breakin’ the Law
      2. Batman’s Relationship with the Police … and the Vigilante Question
      3. Taking the Law into His Own Hands
      4. It’s Just Procedure … or Is It?
      5. Lawbreaking for Me, But Not for Thee
   5. Conclusion
      1. Looking Back
      2. The Importance of Moral Consistency
6. References
7. Index
8. List of Comics Writers and Artists
9. End User License Agreement

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