Is Kyubey a morally grey character? Madoka Magica through utilitarianism and deontology

Описание: HI!!! sorry it took me so long to finally get this up ugh. basically I had to catch up on 2 semesters of ancient greek in 12 days in order to access the greek philology courses I wanted to complete this year. well I took up this challenge and I succeeded! 🎉 problem is, my greek philology courses started the day after my exam, and since everyone there has been studying greek for years, I have had quite a hard time. but I love a challenge! and I'm getting to read plato and aristotle in the original greek for a couple of classes which is so exciting. ANYWAY!! while rewatching this before exporting it earlier tonight I felt like I did not explain some points the best I could sigh... in any case, it's here now!!

⌛ timestamps ⌛

Introduction - 00:00
Chapter 1 - Ethics (utilitarianism vs. Kantian ethics) 01:15
Chapter 2 - Ethics in Madoka Magica 10:16
Chapter 3 - So, is Kyubey a morally grey character? 21:15
End - 31:00

music credits:
🎵 madoka magica ost pitched down or up
🎵 song in the end: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free... ; license code: 45ZCZE1XQNFAUH81

link to the script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u...

sources:
🎥 I used some visuals from this documentary: Crucible of Civilization narrated by Liam Neeson (   • Crucible of Civilization narrated by Liam ...  
🎥 some scenes from s1 and s2 of "the good place" (go watch it pls)
🎥 the visuals with various planets are from "TIMELAPSE OF THE FUTURE: A Journey to the End of Time" (link:    • TIMELAPSE OF THE FUTURE: A Journey to the ...  )
🎥 Faust (1926)
📑 "Groundwork for the Metaphysic of Morals", by Immanuel Kant (https://www.earlymoderntexts.com/asse...)
📑 the article mentioned at 04:05 is "On Dealing with Kant’s Sexism and Racism" (link: https://philarchive.org/archive/KLEODW)
🖼️ art of snoopy reading the brothers karamazov at 17:04 (https://reemillustrated.tumblr.com/po...)
🖼️ art of alyosha (🥰) at 17:09 (https://sutekooooo.tumblr.com/post/69...)

reminder I have made available the original version of two of my video essays I recently uploaded after they were nerfed. you can find them in this folder linked on my ko-fi (you don't have to tip to get the link, but it felt safest to post them behind a "paywall"!) ➡️ https://ko-fi.com/s/bf9d86b930

I PROBABLY FORGOT TO MENTION SOME STUFF BUT!! I'll keep editing this. so eepy byee 💌