Ender's Game and Philosophy (eBook, PDF)

The Logic Gate is Down
Redaktion: Decker, Kevin S.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A threat to humanity portending the end of our species lurks in the cold recesses of space. Our only hope is an eleven-year-old boy. Celebrating the long-awaited release of the movie adaptation of Orson Scott Card's novel about highly trained child geniuses fighting a race of invading aliens, this collection of original essays probes key philosophical questions raised in the narrative, including the ethics of child soldiers, politics on the internet, and the morality of war and genocide. * Original essays dissect the diverse philosophical questions raised in Card's best-selling sci-fi classic, winner of the Nebula and Hugo Awards and which has been translated in 29 languages * Publication coincides with planned release of major motion picture adaptation of Ender's Game starring Asa Butterfield and Harrison Ford * Treats a wealth of core contemporary issues in morality and ethics, including child soldiers, the best kind of education and the use and misuse of global communications for political purposes * A stand-out addition to the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118572696
• Artikelnr.: 52554921

Autorenporträt

Kevin S. Decker is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean of the College of Arts, Letters, and Education at Eastern Washington University, USA. He specializes in researching American pragmatism, Continental philosophy, ethics, philosophy in popular culture, and social theory. Professor Decker has co-edited a string of books on the links between philosophy and popular culture, including Star Wars and Philosophy (2005, with Jason T. Eberl), Star Trek and Philosophy (2008, also with Jason T. Eberl), and, with Richard Brown, Terminator and Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell 2009). William Irwin is Professor of Philosophy at King's College in Pennsylvania. He originated the philosophy and popular culture genre of books as coeditor of the bestselling The Simpsons and Philosophy and has overseen recent titles including Superman and Philosophy, Black Sabbath and Philosophy, and Spider-Man and Philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: What Is Ender's Game? 1 Part One THIRD: The Making of an
Impossible Child 7 1 "The Teachers Got Me Into This": Educational
Skirmishes ... with a Pinch of Freedom 9 Cam Cobb 2 Illusions of Freedom,
Tragedies of Fate: The Moral Development of Ender Wiggin 21 Jeremy Proulx 3
Xenocide's Paradox: The Virtue of Being Ender 32 Jeff Ewing 4 Teaching to
the Test: Constructing the Identity of a Space Commander 41 Chad William
Timm Part Two GAME: Cooperation or Confrontation? 53 5 The Enemy's Gate Is
Down: Perspective, Empathy, and Game Theory 55 Andrew Zimmerman Jones 6 War
Games as Child's Play 66 Matthew Brophy 7 Forming the Formless: Sunzi and
the Military Logic of Ender Wiggin 78 Morgan Deane 8 Do Good Games Make
Good People? 89 Brendan P. Shea Part Three HIVE-QUEEN: All Together Now 99
9 Bugger All!: The Clash of Cultures in Ender's Game 101 Cole Bowman 10 Why
Ender Can't Go Home: Philotic Connections and Moral Responsibility 112
Brett Chandler Patterson 11 Of Gods and Buggers: Friendship in Ender's Game
124 Jeffery L. Nicholas Part Four WAR: Kill or Be Killed 137 12 "I Destroy
Them": Ender, Good Intentions, and Moral Responsibility 139 Lance
Belluomini 13 Ender's Beginning and the Just War 151 James L. Cook 14 "You
Had to Be a Weapon, Ender ... We Aimed You": Moral Responsibility in
Ender's Game 163 Danielle Wylie 15 The Unspoken Rules of Manly Warfare:
Just War Theory in Ender's Game 175 Kody W. Cooper Part Five HEGEMON: The
Terrible Things Are Only About to Begin 187 16 Locke and Demosthenes:
Virtually Dominating the World 189 Kenneth Wayne Sayles III 17 Ender's
Dilemma: Realism, Neoliberalism, and the Politics of Power 202 Ted Henry
Brown and Christie L. Maloyed 18 People Are Tools 212 Greg Littmann
Convening Authorities of the Court Martial of Colonel Hyrum Graff 224 The
Ansible Index 230