Breaking Bad, hailed by Stephen King, Chuck Klosterman, and many
others as the best of all TV dramas, tells the story of a man whose
life changes because of the medical death sentence of an advanced
cancer diagnosis. The show depicts his metamorphosis from
inoffensive chemistry teacher to feared drug lord and remorseless
killer. Driven at first by the desire to save his family from
destitution, he risks losing his family altogether because of his
new life of crime. In defiance of the tradition that viewers demand
a TV character who never changes, Breaking Bad is all about the
process of change, with each scene carrying forward the morphing of
Walter White into the terrible Heisenberg. Can a person be
transformed as the result of a few key life choices? Does everyone
have the potential to be a ruthless criminal? How will we respond
to the knowledge that we will be dead in six months? Is human life
subject to laws as remorseless as chemical equations? When does
injustice validate brutal retaliation? Why are drug addicts
unsuitable for operating the illegal drug business? How can TV
viewers remain loyal to a series where the hero becomes the
villain? Does Heisenberg's Principle of Uncertainty rule our
destinies? In Breaking Bad and Philosophy, a hand-picked squad of
professional thinkers investigate the crimes of Walter White,
showing how this story relates to the major themes of philosophy
and the major life decisions facing all of us.
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