The world is cruel, and the only morality in a cruel world is chance. Unbiased, unprejudiced…fair.

The Dark Knight

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Topic

The world Randomness Morality

Speaker

Two-Face/Harvey Dent

Actor

Aaron Eckhart

Source

The Dark Knight

Medium

Film

Genre

Superhero (film) Crime drama (film) Superhero Crime drama

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

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Citation

The Dark Knight. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures/Syncopy, 2008.

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Censorship is crucial for preserving morals but useless for restoring them.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The Social Contract

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Topic
Censorship Morality

Author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Source
The Social Contract
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
French
Time
1762 1760s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
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Original Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique [On the Social Contract or Principles of Political Law]. Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1762, bk. 4, ch. 7.

Current Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. "Of the Social Contract." Of the Social Contract and Other Political Writings, translated by Quintin Hoare. Penguin Classics, 2012, bk. 4, ch. 7.