{"product_id":"better-call-saul-and-philosophy-9781637700266","title":"Better Call Saul and Philosophy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetter Call Saul and Philosophy: I Think Therefore I Scam\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of twenty-three essays exploring the philosophical themes in the hit television show \u003ci\u003eBetter Call Saul\u003c\/i\u003e, a prequel to the TV show \u003ci\u003eBreaking Bad\u003c\/i\u003e. The sixth and final season of \u003ci\u003eBetter Call Saul\u003c\/i\u003e, with thirteen episodes, began airing in April 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe central character is Jimmy McGill, whom we know from \u003ci\u003eBreaking Bad\u003c\/i\u003e as Saul Goodman. In \u003ci\u003eBetter Call Saul\u003c\/i\u003e he first takes the name of Saul Goodman from the phrase \"S'all Good, Man!\" Jimmy\/Saul is a natural con artist who not only scams from self-interest but also because he enjoys it. He has a strange relationship with his brother, the distinguished lawyer Charles McGill, who resents Jimmy's delinquency and advantage in parental affection. Jimmy\/Saul becomes a lawyer for a drug cartel, and most of the people he meets are criminals and other kinds of villains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLike \u003ci\u003eBreaking Bad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBetter Call Saul\u003c\/i\u003e raises a wide range of philosophical issues including the nature of good and evil, personal identity, free will and determinism, the law as it relates to morality, the ethical implications of the war on drugs, death and dying, and many more. \u003ci\u003eBetter Call Saul and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e offers thoughtful fans of the show deeper and more provocative insights into the story and the characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTopics covered include: the morality of keeping promises to wrongdoers, the nature of psychosomatic illness, difficult moral choices facing lawyers, just how good or bad some of the compromised characters in the show are, the unintended consequences of the War on Drugs, the similarities between drug cartels and governments, whether bad people are just unlucky, the perils of self-deception, and whether we ever really have much of a choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetter Call Saul and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e is Volume 8 in the path-breaking series, Pop Culture and Philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47485954293996,"sku":"9781637700266","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/b8e792f2cbf7114783c7ad43d44299a6.jpg?v=1775785497","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/better-call-saul-and-philosophy-9781637700266","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}