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on wrongness
miracles
Hume on
Jules on
nature/justification of
in
Pulp Fiction
as violation of law of nature
withholding judgment on
“moral identity,”
morality
of Beatrix Kiddo
Gibbard on
Hare on
Hume on
judgments of
in
Kill Bill
of Mr. Orange
of Mr. White
Nietzsche on
in
Pulp Fiction
of
Reservoir Dogs
restraints on
traditional
universal prescriptions of
views of
of Vincent Vega
moral law
“moral resources,”
Mr. Blonde (character from
Reservoir Dogs
)
criticism of
cruelty of
excuses for murder spree by
imprisonment of
Mr. White on
as psychopath
social code of
sympathy of
on tipping
torture by
Mr. Blue (character from
Reservoir Dogs
)
Mr. Orange (character from
Reservoir Dogs
)
ECDS of
morality of
Mr. White’s loyalty to
sympathy for
Mr. Pink (character from
Reservoir Dogs
)
arrest of
ECDS of
on tipping
Weinberger on
Mr. White (character from
Reservoir Dogs
)
ECDS of
loyalty to Mr. Orange
morality of
on Mr. Blonde
Murphy, Jeffrie
music
in
High Noon
“Mickey-Mousing,”
reinforcing
in
Reservoir Dogs
violence related to
Natural Born Killers
nature, law of
miracle as violation of
mistakes about
rejection of
revisions to
suspension of
Nice Guy Eddie (character from
Reservoir Dogs)
ECDS of
Nietzsche, Friedrich
on Apollonian arts
on “augury of restored oneness,”
on
The Birth of Tragedy
on excess
“free spirit” concept of
“God is dead” concept of
on “intoxicated,”
on morality
as moral relativist
nihilism of
on “passive nihilism,”
on
Pulp Fiction
on rationalists
religion and
on resentment
Reservoir Dogs
and
superman concept of
on tragedy
on value systems
nihilism
Nietzsche and
Nietzsche on passive
of Vincent Vega
Nikki (character from
Kill Bill
)
Nirvana.
See
enlightenment
Nolan, Christopher
offender
Old Testament
Once Upon a Time in the West
Ordell Robbie (character from
Jackie Brown
)
gun selling strategy of
language and
logical chains of
mind-fucking capabilities of
prisoner’s dilemma of
rationality/reason of
self-image of
strategy of
O-Ren Ishii (character from
Kill Bill
)
murder of parents of
revenge by
sex role of
Owen Taft (character from
Natural Born Killers
)
pacifism, universal
Pai Mei (character in
Kill Bill
)
death of
Parks, Michael.
See
Esteban Vihaio
Paul, Apostle
Paula Schultz (character from
The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz
)
perpetual motion machine
Philosophical Investigations
(Wittgenstein)
Planet Terror
Plato
Plummer, Amanda.
See
Honey Bunny
Point Blank
Poitier, Sydney.
See
Jungle Julia
postermodernity
pragmatism
of Jackie Brown
prisoner’s dilemma
under controlled circumstances
group rationality solution to
of Louis Gara
of Ordell Robbie
as paradox
recurrent
in
Republic
solving
in
Tragedy of the Commons
professional code
Pulp Fiction
“The Bonnie Situation” in
cycle of violence in
cyclical narrative structure of
ECDS in
French names in
mercy in
Mexican stand-off in
miracles in
moral lesson of
Nietzschean themes in
punishment in
revenge in
sequence of
Spanish names in
temporal sequencing of
unholy trinity in
values in
video store shelving of
Pumpkin (character from
Pulp Fiction
)
ECDS of
punishment
amount of
form of
Hattori Hanzo on
in
Jackie Brown
Jules on undue
Kant on
in
Kill Bill
negative
objections to
positive
in
Pulp Fiction
Rawls on
retributive theory of
social status and
theories of
utilitarian theory of
utility maximization and
Vincent Vega on
Purgatorio
(Dante Alighieri)
Pussy Wagon
Pyscho
Rapaport, Michael.
See
Dick Ritchie
Rawls, John
on “justice as fairness,”
on punishment
on retribution
Ray Nicolette (character from
Jackie Brown
)
“real people,”
Relativity, General Theory of
Republic
(Plato)
Reservoir Dogs
beginning of
bonus features in
categorizing
condemnation of
Conolly on
ECDS in
Gladstein on
Mexican stand-off in
morality in
moral universe of
music in
mutilation scene in
Nietzschean interpretation of
questionable morality of
redemption in
revenge circle in
social toll of
Sundance premiere of
Taylor on
retribution
Kant on
problems with
as retaliation
Sterba on
in
True Romance
revenge
as act of love
Aristotle on
by Beatrix Kiddo
Christianity and
circle in
Reservoir Dogs
in
Death Proof
Hattori Hanzo on
justified
in
Kill Bill
Locke on
by Marsellus Wallace
moral permissibility of
by O-Ren Ishii
in
Pulp Fiction
qualities of
Socrates on
understanding desire for
Rhames, Ving.
See
Marsellus Wallace
“Ride of the Valkyries,”
Rinzai
Ritter, Tex
Rodriguez, Robert
ronin
Rose, Charlie
Roth, Tim.
See
Mr. Orange
Rumsfeld, Donald
Russell, Kurt.
See
Stuntman Mike
sadism
audience and
of Stuntman Mike
Samson, story of
samurai
Schopenhauer, Arthur
self-defense
Aquinas on
Beatrix Kiddo and
seppuku
“Ship’s Mast,”
Simulacra and Simulation
(Baudrillard)
simulation
Baudrillard on
Death Proof
as
four stages of
Singin’ in the Rain
Slater, Christian.
See
Clarence
Socrates
Alcibiades on
on facts
on revenge
Sommer, Elke
Southworth, Jason
Stealer’s Wheel
Sterba, James
Stewart, Jimmy
Stuntman Mike (character from
Death Proof)
masochism of
sadism of
suffering
cause of
physical
psychological
Symposium
Tarantino, Quentin
appeal of
childhood of
as cinematically intrusive
as cultural critic
ECDS’s of
favored genres of
as filmmaking
Wunderkind
Kill Bill Volume 1
as therapy session for
nonlinear plotlines of
as observant
philosophy of
Thurman as dream lover of
“Tarantino’s view,”
Taylor, Ella
“three unities,”
Thurman, Uma.
See also
Beatrix Kiddo; Mia Wallace
on
Kill Bill
as Tarantino’s dream lover
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
(Nietzsche)
time
Bergson on
clock
experienced
real
into space
tipping
Mr. Blonde on
Mr. Pink on
tragedy
as creation myth
Kill Bill
as
Nietzsche on
Tragedy of the Commons
(Lloyd)
Travolta, John.
See
Vincent Vega
A Treatise of Human Nature
(Hume)
True Romance
ECDS in
retribution in
Tucker, Chris.
See
Beaumont Livingston
Tuco (character from
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
)
“two wrongs don’t make a right,”
Tyler Durden (character from
Fight Club
)
Unforgiven
universal prescriptivism
utilitarianism
act
rule
Vanishing Point
car chases in
vengeance
as act of love
Beatrix Kiddo and
as central theme to
Kill Bill
divine
Hobbes on
human
Kill Bill
and
Locke on
in scriptures
as truth-telling
Vernita Green (character from
Kill Bill
)
death of
ECDS of
Vincent Vega (character from
Pulp Fiction
)
bathroom and
chance events and
character flaws in
ECDS of
on facts
failure to become creator of meaning by
on foot massages
on “freak occurrences,”
McGuffin of
morality of
negativity of
nihilism of
on philosophy
on punishment
as “sophisticated unbeliever,”
values of
weakness of
Vinnie Barbarino (character from
Welcome Back Kotter
)
violence
cycle in
Pulp Fiction
music and
Virtue Ethical theory
virtues
artificial
of Beatrix Kiddo
Hume on
natural
Wagner, Richard
Weinberger, Stephen
Weinstein, Harvey
Welcome Back Kotter
The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz
Williams, Elmo
Willis, Bruce.
See
Butch
Winston Wolf (character from
Pulp Fiction
)
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
on aspect perception
thought-experiments of
World War I
wrongness
Gibbard on
Mill on
Yolanda.
See
Honey Bunny
Zemeckis, Robert
Zinneman, Fred
1
Noel Carroll, “Introduction to Part VIII: Film and Knowledge,” in Noel Carroll and Jinhee Choi,eds.,
Philosophy of Film and Motion Pictures
(Malden: Blackwell, 2006), p. 381.

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