The Walking Dead and Philosophy E-Book

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Serie: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 144

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2012

Beschreibung

The story of The Walking Dead chronicles the lives of a group of survivors in the wake of a zombie apocalypse. The Walking Dead is an Eisner-award winning comic book series by writer Robert Kirkman. Started in 2003, the comic book continues to publish monthly and has published a total of 92 issues. The popularity of this comic book series led to graphic novel publications (see competing titles) as well as the critically acclaimed TV adaptation on AMC. The Walking Dead is AMC's highest-rated show ever surpassing even Mad Men's ratings at its peak. Both the comic book series and TV show force us to confront our most cherished values and ask: would we still be able to hold onto these things in such a world? What are we allowed to do? What aren't we? Are there any boundaries left? The Walking Dead and Philosophy will answer these and other questions: Is it ok to "opt out?" Is it morally acceptable to abandon Merle? What happens to law in a post-zombie world? Does marriage have any meaning anymore? What duty do survivors have to each other?

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Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Opting Out

Blameless Suicide

Suicide as Self-Sacrifice

Kant, Consequences, and Killing Oneself

Killing Oneself to Avoid Suffering

Killing Oneself to Avoid Moral Disintegration

Chapter 2: The Misfortunes of the Walking Dead

The Double Effect of Killing Zombie St. Thomas Aquinas

Is Zombie Epicurus Harmed?

Donna’s Corpse and Zombie Donna

Chapter 3: The Heart’s Desire

Not Too Old or Too Slow, but Perfect: A May-November Romance

Safety behind the Bars of Convention

This Sorrowful Life: Sex While Grieving

You and Me and She Makes Three: Polyamory

“Some Kind of Political Nonsense”: Adultery in an Open Marriage

“Wasn’t About to Turn Anything Away at This Point”: Casual Hookups

“People Have Been Giving Birth for Thousands of Years”: Procreation

What We Become

Chapter 4: Left Behind

First Things First: Can Merle’s Right to Liberty Be Overridden?

Moral Tragedy Strikes

“We Left Him Like an Animal Caught in a Trap”

T-Dog, Rick, and Their All-Things-Considered Duties

Obligation Is Just One Kind of Ethical Consideration

Two Intuitive Interpretations

Chapter 5: Are Rick and Shane Still Deputies? Law in a Postzombie World

Are There Any Crimes Anymore?

New Society, New Rules?

You Kill, You Die

Survival versus the Summum Bonum

Sometimes You Have to Shoot Someone to Escape the Zombie Horde

Laws without Law Enforcement?

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