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If you think Saddam and Satan make a kinky couple, wait till you get a load of South Park and Philosophy. Get your Big Wheels ready, because we're going for a ride, as 22 philosophers take us down the road to understanding the big-picture issues in this small mountain town. A smart and candid look at one of television's most subversive and controversial shows, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year Draws close parallels between the irreverent nature of South Park and the inquiring and skeptical approach of philosophy Addresses the perennial questions of the show, and the contemporary social and political issues that inspire each episode Uses familiar characters and episodes to illustrate topics such as moral relativism, freedom of expression, gay marriage, blasphemy, democracy, feminism, animal ethics, existential questions and much more makes you laugh out loud

South Park and Philosophy: You Know, I Learned Something Today
Edited by Robert Arp
Sucking Balls and Fucking Off: An Introduction to The Bothersome South Park and Philosophy
Robert Arp
TAKING SOUTH PARK SERIOUSLYà MÆKAY
Flatulence and Philosophy: A Lot of Hot Air, or the Corruption of Youth?
William W. Young III
Is It Okay to Laugh at South Park?
Catherine Yu
Blasphemous Humor in South Park
Kevin J. Murtagh
The Chewbacca Defense: A South Park Logic Lesson
Robert Arp
THE FAB FOUR
You Know, I Learned Something Today: Stan Marsh and the Ethics of Belief
Henry Jacoby
Respect My Authorita! Is Cartman ôThe Law,ö and Even If He Is, Why Should We Obey Him?
Mark D. White
Oh My God! They Killed Kennyà Again: Kenny and Existentialism
Karin Fry
The Philosophical Passion of the Jew: Kyle the Philosopher
William J. Devlin
THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH PARK
The Invisible Gnomes and the Invisible Hand: South Park and Libertarian Philosophy
Paul A. Cantor
South Park and the Open Society: Defending Democracy Through Satire
David Valleau Curtis and Gerald J. Erion
öVote or Die, Bitchö: The Myth that Every Vote Counts and the Pitfalls of a Two-Party System
John Scott Gray
ETHICS: DUDEà GAY MUSLIMS DONÆT EAT VEAL
They Satirized My ProphetàThose Bastards! South Park and Blasphemy
David R. Koepsell
You CanÆt Get Married, YouÆre Faggots: Mrs. Garrison and the Gay Marriage Debate
Jacob M. Held
Just DonÆt Kill Baby Cows
Cynthia McWilliams
Four-Assed Monkeys: Genetics and Gen-Ethics in Small-Town Colorado
Scott Calef
WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU? WHORES, ROBOTS, AND BODIES
Raisins, Whores, and Boys: Gender and Sexuality in South Park
Ellen Miller
AWESOM-O and the Possibility and Implications of Artificial Intelligence
Randall M. Jensen
StanÆs Future Self and Evil Cartman: Personal Identity in South Park
Shai Biderman
SATAN, SUFFERING, SUPER BEST FRIENDS, AND SONG
Cartmanland and the Problem of Evil
David Kyle Johnson
Religious Pluralism and The Super Best Friends
Jeffrey Dueck
Aesthetic Value, Ethos, and Phil Collins: The Power of Music in South Park
Per F. Broman
Satan, Lord of Darkness, in South Park Cosmology
Dale Jacquette
ChefÆs Salty Ball-less Index
The Super Best Contributors
Special Surprise Bonus!
Screw You Guysà IÆm Going Home
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