http://acandidworld.com/2008/07/23/the-dark-knight-the-war-on-terror-and-science-fictions-moral-authority/ Democracy in America Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:47:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://acandidworld.com/2008/07/23/the-dark-knight-the-war-on-terror-and-science-fictions-moral-authority/#comment-24814 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:37:18 +0000 http://acandidworld.wordpress.com/?p=528#comment-24814 [...] well, but clocks in at the #3 slot, with a comparably dismal 12,158 views. (My second favorite, on science fiction’s moral authority, comes in at #12). If we construe exposure as a “payoff” in blogging, the [...]

]]> http://acandidworld.com/2008/07/23/the-dark-knight-the-war-on-terror-and-science-fictions-moral-authority/#comment-23769 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:18:17 +0000 http://acandidworld.wordpress.com/?p=528#comment-23769 [...] written before about science fiction’s moral authority, and petty anti-pluralist tyrants’ tendencies to — like Jonah Goldberg — dislike [...]

]]> http://acandidworld.com/2008/07/23/the-dark-knight-the-war-on-terror-and-science-fictions-moral-authority/#comment-12287 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:54:30 +0000 http://acandidworld.wordpress.com/?p=528#comment-12287 [...] but the same generation grew up convinced that science and reason are forces for profound good, capable of bringing humanity together and eliminating the barriers of prejudice that divide us. A few extra minutes in science class is [...]

]]> http://acandidworld.com/2008/07/23/the-dark-knight-the-war-on-terror-and-science-fictions-moral-authority/#comment-10812 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:17:27 +0000 http://acandidworld.wordpress.com/?p=528#comment-10812 [...] sovereignty. Without the need to fight for our survival, Roddenberry imagined humanity as an explorer race, eternally curious of “strange new worlds” and morally bound to bring similar freedoms [...]

]]> http://acandidworld.com/2008/07/23/the-dark-knight-the-war-on-terror-and-science-fictions-moral-authority/#comment-10809 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:18:49 +0000 http://acandidworld.wordpress.com/?p=528#comment-10809 [...] Any such renaissance would be a vindication of Roddenberry’s belief in the potential for science fiction’s moral authority, and a long-overdue ritornello to meaningful Star Trek, complete with its unique, skeptically [...]

]]> http://acandidworld.com/2008/07/23/the-dark-knight-the-war-on-terror-and-science-fictions-moral-authority/#comment-10787 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:35:25 +0000 http://acandidworld.wordpress.com/?p=528#comment-10787 [...] | Tags: BPSDB, Science fiction Fantasy and science fiction are all well and good as art forms: as I’ve argued previously, the distance from reality both genres create allows for a certain objective analysis, permitting [...]

]]> http://acandidworld.com/2008/07/23/the-dark-knight-the-war-on-terror-and-science-fictions-moral-authority/#comment-4754 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:31:48 +0000 http://acandidworld.wordpress.com/?p=528#comment-4754 [...] and science fiction are all well and good as art forms: as I’ve argued previously, the distance from reality both genres create allows for a certain objective analysis, permitting [...]

]]> http://acandidworld.com/2008/07/23/the-dark-knight-the-war-on-terror-and-science-fictions-moral-authority/#comment-4753 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:48:04 +0000 http://acandidworld.wordpress.com/?p=528#comment-4753 [...] sovereignty. Without the need to fight for our survival, Roddenberry imagined humanity as an explorer race, eternally curious of “strange new worlds” and morally bound to bring similar freedoms [...]

]]> http://acandidworld.com/2008/07/23/the-dark-knight-the-war-on-terror-and-science-fictions-moral-authority/#comment-4752 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:34:29 +0000 http://acandidworld.wordpress.com/?p=528#comment-4752 [...] The Dark Knight [...]

]]> http://acandidworld.com/2008/07/23/the-dark-knight-the-war-on-terror-and-science-fictions-moral-authority/#comment-4751 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:56:08 +0000 http://acandidworld.wordpress.com/?p=528#comment-4751 Thanks Eric! And I know Yoda was Star Wars :).

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