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Direct linkGoudreau, Kim – Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, 2006
The critical examination of the film "American Beauty" reveals characteristics illustrative of the form of culture coextensive with modern technological societies. This form of culture creates an imbalance favoring the aesthetical over the ethical dimensions of human orientation. Absorption into the aesthetical dimension of the electronic or…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Technology, Films, Ethics
