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Turning to the audience, Voorhoeve asked his book??s three central questions—whether moral intuition could be trusted, if moral judgements were objective, and why an individual should be moral...
...other panelists, Harvard Kennedy School professor Frances Kamm and philosophy professor Thomas Scanlon—both interviewed by Voorhoeve for his book??expanded on the methodology of seeking ethical answers...
...book??s photographer, Steve Pyke, also shared a slideshow of his black and white, close-up photographs taken of philosophers in natural light...
...also quite unlike the films that have preceded it, including Mortensen and Hillcoat’s previous efforts. Eschewing narrative conventions, at least to the extent that big-budget Oscar bait can afford to do so, “The Road” maintains enough of the book??s central story to keep its audience enthralled while splitting its real attentions equally between creating a stunning visual spectacle and meditating on the book??s broader themes of love, redemption, and the human capacity for self-destruction...
...fragmentation of the film is furthered by its one major deviation from McCarthy’s book: the inclusion of a number of flashbacks. Featuring Charlize Theron as Mortensen’s wife—a character who appeared only referentially in the book??these scenes show the gradual unraveling of their family as the mysterious crisis unfolds outside shuttered windows...