{"id":136486,"date":"2018-05-18T00:30:48","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T06:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=136486"},"modified":"2018-05-26T17:03:31","modified_gmt":"2018-05-26T23:03:31","slug":"the-deep-philosophical-dilemma-in-avengers-the-infinity-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/18\/the-deep-philosophical-dilemma-in-avengers-the-infinity-war.html","title":{"rendered":"The deep philosophical dilemma in “Avengers: The Infinity War”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The argument that pops multiple times can be summed up in … a Star Trek<\/em> reference: do “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one” … or vice-versa? Or, as Cap puts it: \u201cWe don\u2019t trade lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

The article suggests that, by highlighting that moral conflict, the new Avengers movie both realistically ups the stakes and sets the ultimate resolution as an answer to the question that will be very difficult to satisfy anyone with.<\/p>\n


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\nThe irresolvable moral dilemma at the heart of Avengers: Infinity War<\/a><\/span>
\nSay a prayer for those who will write the sequel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The argument that pops multiple times can be summed up in … a Star Trek reference: do “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one” … or vice-versa? Or, as Cap puts it: \u201cWe don\u2019t trade lives.\u201d The article suggests that, by highlighting that moral conflict, the new Avengers movie both realistically … Continue reading “The deep philosophical dilemma in “Avengers: The Infinity War””<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,525,360],"tags":[1532,1564],"class_list":["post-136486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-marvel-cinematic-universe","category-media-tv-star-trek","tag-infinity-war","tag-thanos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/thanos-infinity-war.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":135465,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/29\/avengers-infinity-war-trailer-drops.html","url_meta":{"origin":136486,"position":0},"title":"The “Avengers: Infinity War” trailer drops","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 29-Nov-17 7:48am","format":false,"excerpt":"And a million fans go \"Squee!\" Yes, really, I'm excited about this. 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