Simulating Good and Evil - The Morality and Politics of Videogames

Simulating Good and Evil shows that the moral panic surrounding violent videogames is deeply misguided, and often politically motivated, but that games are nevertheless morally important. Videogames should be seen as spaces in which players may experiment with moral reasoning strategies without inflicting real harm.
 

List of contents

Introduction   
1          The Conceptual Terrain of Simulation          
2          The Moral Panic Surrounding Videogames  
3          Imaginary Transgressions      
4          Digital Morality
5          The Many Faces of Moral Reflection
6          Persuasive Games and Ideological Manipulation      
7          Speaking Through Games     
Conclusion     
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index
 

About the author

MARCUS SCHULZKE is the Denver based author of The Pursuit of Moral Warfare: Ethical Theory and Practice in Counterinsurgency Operations (2018), Combat Drones and Support for the Use of Force, with James Walsh (2018), The Politics of New Atheism, with Stuart McAnulla, and Steven Kettell (2018), Just War Theory and Civilian Casualties (2017), and The Morality of Drone Warfare and the Politics of Regulation (2017).

Summary

Simulating Good and Evil shows that the moral panic surrounding violent videogames is deeply misguided, and often politically motivated, but that games are nevertheless morally important. Videogames should be seen as spaces in which players may experiment with moral reasoning strategies without inflicting real harm.

Product details

• Authors: Marcus Schulzke
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781978818569
• ISBN: 978-1-978818-56-9
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Computer- und Onlinespiele, Mensch-Computer-Interaktion, GAMES / Video & Electronic, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Computers - General Information, COMPUTERS / Social Aspects / Human-Computer Interaction