J. Jeremy Wisnewski is Assistant Professor at Hartwick College. He is the author of Wittgenstein and Ethical Inquiry: A Defense of Ethics as Clarification (2007) and The Politics of Agency: Toward a Pragmatic Approach to Philosophical Anthropology (2008). He is also the editor of The Office and Philosophy (Blackwell, 2008).
Table of Contents. Acknowledgments: These people are freakin' sweet
[Acknowledgements]. You Better Not Read This, Pal: An Introduction to
Family Guy and Philosophy: J. Jeremy Wisnewski. Part I. Those Good Ole'
Fashion Values on which we used to rely. 1. Killing the Griffins: A
Murderous Exposition of Postmodernism: J. Jeremy Wisnewski (Hartwick
College). 2. Family Guy and God: Should Believers Take Offense?: Ray J.
VanArragon (Bethel University). 3. Quagmire, Virtue, and Perversity: Shaun
Miller (Weber State University). 4. Francis Griffin and the Church of the
Holy Fonz: Religious Exclusivism and "Real" Religion: David Kyle Johnson
(King's College). Part II. Lucky there's a family guy! (And what a
family!). 5. Let Us Now Praise Clueless Men: Peter Griffin and Philosophy:
Jerry Samet (Brandeis University). 6. Lois: Portrait of a Mother (Or,
Nevermind Death, Motherhood is a Bitch): Stephanie Empey (University of
California, Riverside). 7. Mmmyez: Stewie and the Seven Deadly Sins: Sharon
M. Kaye (John Carroll University). 8. The Other Children: The Significance
of Meg and Chris: P. Sue Dohnimm. 9. He Thinks He's People: How Brian Made
Personhood for the Dogs: Daniel Malloy (Appalachian State University). Part
III. He-he-he-he-he. You expected more lyrics, but you're getting logic,
comedy, and the logic of comedy. 10. The Logic of Expectation: Family Guy
and the Non Sequitur: Jonah P.B. Goldwater (Baruch College). 11. What Are
You Laughing At (And Why)? Exploring the Humor of Family Guy: Andrew
Terjesen (Washington and Lee University). 12. Thinkin' is Freakin' Sweet:
Family Guy and Fallacies: Robert Arp (Florida State University). 13. The
Simpsons Already Did It! This Show Is A Freakin' Rip-Off!: Shai Biderman
(Boston University) and William J. Devlin (Boston University). Part IV.
Family Problems. 14. Is Brian More of a "Person" than Peter? Of Wills,
Wantons, and Wives: Mark D. White (College of Staten Island). 15. The Ego
is a Housewife Named Lois: Robert Sharp (University of Alabama). 16. The
Lives and Times of Stewie Griffin: Tuomas Manninen (Arizona State
University West). 17. Kierkegaard and the Norm (MacDonald) of Death: Adam
Buben (University of South Florida). Appendix: Everything you ever needed
to know about Meg Griffin, as compiled by the contributors. Notes on
Contributors: What the deuce!?! They're real! (Most of them, anyway)
[Contributor Bios]. Index: He-he-he-he-he-he ... You read books [Index]
