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As someone who does a lot of meta and academic literary discussion on comics, I am 100% certain that a paper exists about psychopathy and the Batman universe; it might not be about Bruce and psychopathy (most essays about psychopathy related to Batman that I've read have focused on either the Joker or Two-Face), but there have definitely been papers written about the philosophy, ethics, morality, and psychology of Batman and the Batfamily. You're going to find most of these types of discussions in the field of comics studies and academic historical/literary criticism rather than psychology due to the nature of the topic. For some interesting paper/essay collections, see:

• Batman and Philosophy
  
• Batman and Psychology
  
• Batman and Ethics
  
• The Psychology of Superheroes
  
• Superheroes and Philosophy: Truth, Justice, and the Socratic Way
  
• Even A Superhero Needs Counseling: What Superheroes and Super-Villains Teach Us About Ourselves
  
• War, Politics and Superheroes: Ethics and Propaganda in Comics and Film
  
• What's the Matter With Batman?: An Unauthorized Clinical Look Under the Mask of the Caped Crusader
  
• The Joker Psychology: Evil Clowns and the Women Who Love Them
  
• The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture
  
• Batman Unmasked: Analyzing a Cultural Icon
  
  It uh....honestly might also be worth it to read into the 'Seduction of the Innocent' controversy and relevant academic papers about the work, given that it directly involved Batman comics. Books like Seal of Approval: The History of the Comics Code and The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America would be particularly helpful there.
  
  Edit: Also just as a sidenote, as you mentioned in another comment Batman as a psychopath isn't even a hot take; it's a lukewarm take made by people who don't actually read comics. Batman, as he is generally portrayed in mainverse comics, is decidedly not a psychopath.

You bring up some great and interesting points. I find the moral dilemmas on this show fascinating. Some of my friends are very black and white about things and still take a moral high ground, while others admit in the apocalypse society presented the rules would change and a harsher view like Rick's would be needed to survive.

Anyways, I just wanted to direct you to this book. There's also a psychology one, but this one explores the Batman vs Joker standoff. It sounds right up your alley.

It's been a while since I've read it, but I'm pretty sure this is discussed in the book Batman and Philosophy: The Dark Knight of the Soul.

I don't remember what conclusion the authors came to. Now I have to look around for the book, if I still have it.

About Batman as in the history of, or about Batman in other ways?

I've found both The Dark Knight of the Soul and A Dark and Stormy Knight to be both accessible and interesting. The former is a philosophical take, the latter a psychological one.

Very interesting read. I'm not highly educated in politics and philosophy themes, as I'm an engineer, but I find inspiring that our generation is now even comparing seriously elemental situations of humanity into what once started as entertainment story books; at least our new writers for Batman address him with more endeavour his projection in our society that we can relate.

I might give it a try to Batman and Philosophy and see what else is there that could relate to modern political situations.

http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Philosophy-Knight-Blackwell-Culture/dp/0470270306

Batman and Philosophy: The Dark Knight of the Soul is the book the video is based on, chapter two is the one that address these issues (I did an earlier video on chapter one and I plan to continue).

http://amzn.to/2uTOFbq (same link you posted)

I haven't found any other books pertaining to batman and Philosophy (alone) and I've searched pretty hard myself.

I'm not sure if you're referring to another book you can't find or if you mean that you can't find this one in an old fashion book store. I got my copy on Amazon.

Here are some good books I've read on Batman. The first one is also about Batman and philosophy (and also Superman). The rest are somewhat varied but interesting.

Batman, Superman, and Philosophy: Badass or Boyscout?
http://amzn.to/2uWVCXG

Hunting the Dark Knight: Twenty-First Century Batman
http://amzn.to/2uXqQhw

Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight
http://amzn.to/2f6zJBp

Becoming Batman: The Possibility of a Superhero
http://amzn.to/2vgWtoT

If I come across another book I'll be sure to post it here, especially if I think it's the one you're looking for.

• Full disclosure, these are affiliate links. I'm not trying to sneak them in on you or anything, it's just that using affiliate links when referring to a product is part of my long-term plan to monetize my work.

>dark knight of the soul

By St. Batman of the Cross? :)

Edit: this is apparently a thing

I found a book at Barnes & Noble about the time 'Batman Begins' was released all about Batman relating different philosophical quandaries. The arguments for/against each question were argued by philosophers and social scientists.

Batman and Philosophy: The Dark Knight of the soul

https://www.amazon.com/Batman-Philosophy-Dark-Knight-Soul/dp/0470270306


edit i cannot for the life of me find this book now, and i don't remember the arguments for/against this particular issue but i think it came up

There is also this.

I thought this was an interesting read.

https://www.amazon.com/Batman-Philosophy-Dark-Knight-Soul/dp/0470270306/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1511194615&sr=8-1&keywords=batman+and+philosophy

Yep, http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0470270306?cache=c3f30821761abb0def2bf8275d0158d8&pi=SY200_QL40&qid=1404926585&sr=8-1#ref=mp_s_a_1_1

Suggested reading materials for compiling your course:


http://www.amazon.com/X-Men-Philosophy-Astonishing-Argument-Blackwell/dp/0470413409

http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Philosophy-Knight-Blackwell-Culture/dp/0470270306

http://www.amazon.com/The-Avengers-Philosophy-Mightiest-Blackwell/dp/1118074572/ref=pd_sim_b_4/178-6318707-9774312

http://www.amazon.com/Iron-Man-Philosophy-Reality-Blackwell/dp/0470482184/ref=pd_sim_b_3/178-6318707-9774312

http://www.amazon.com/Watchmen-Philosophy-Rorschach-Blackwell-Culture/dp/0470396857/ref=pd_sim_b_8

http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Philosophy-Inquiry-Blackwell-Culture/dp/0470575603/ref=pd_sim_b_9

http://www.amazon.com/Green-Lantern-Philosophy-Blackwell-Culture/dp/0470575573/ref=pd_sim_b_13

http://www.amazon.com/Superheroes-Philosophy-Justice-Socratic-Popular/dp/0812695739

http://www.amazon.com/Supervillains-Philosophy-Sometimes-Popular-Culture/dp/0812696697/ref=pd_sim_b_7

http://www.amazon.com/The-Psychology-Superheroes-Unauthorized-Exploration/dp/1933771313/ref=pd_sim_b_12

I read this book for my film paper on The Dark Knight and Batman in general. They talk about a lot of similar things.

Philosophy would differ, I recommend this book http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Philosophy-Knight-Blackwell-Culture/dp/0470270306

i'm about halfway through and it does make the movies better.

https://www.amazon.ca/Batman-Philosophy-Dark-Knight-Soul/dp/0470270306

https://www.amazon.ca/X-Men-Philosophy-Astonishing-Insight-Argument/dp/0470413409/ref=sr_1_1?

Isn't prime great? :3

1. I would really like this [book] (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0470270306/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=17DSV9UY44OGR&coliid=I2EAKGWBO8DOW7) or surprise me!
   
2. For you, this case to go with the Kindle Fire or this movie [:

I wish I remembered. I've read a bunch of Batman essay books. It may be in here? http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Unauthorized-Vigilantes-Jokers-Heroes/dp/1933771305

Maybe here? http://www.amazon.com/dp/0470270306

This book was already written.