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Time Travel, Alternate Realities, and Moral Judgments in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Explores the theme of choice in the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. television series, particularly regarding the choices characters make against the backdrop of time travel and alternate realities. Draws on sociological and psychological explanations of key events in seasons four and five to elucidate the important role assumptions about the world and our place in it play in the moral decisions the characters make.
American Sociological Association (2023)
Martin, J. F., & Strong, M. T. (2023, August). Dimensions and decisions: Time travel, alternate realities, and moral judgments. Paper presented at the one-hundred eighteenth annual meeting of the American Sociological Association [Sociology of Cultures Roundtables; I did not attend], Philadelphia, P.A.
Relevant publication(s): Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Moral Judgments (In Progress)