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Mark D. White is chair of the Department of Political Science, Economics, and Philosophy at the College of Staten Island/CUNY, where he teaches courses in economics, philosophy, and law. He has edited and coedited many books in the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, including Batman and Philosophy, Watchmen and Philosophy, Iron Man and Philosophy, and The Avengers and Philosophy.
William Irwin is Professor of Philosophy at King’s College. 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 House and Philosophy, Batman and Philosophy, and Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy.
Part One The Big Blue Boy Scout: Ethics, Judgment, and Reason 3
1 Moral Judgment: The Power That Makes Superman Human 5Mark D. White
2 Action Comics! Superman and Practical Reason 16Brian Feltham
3 Can the Man of Tomorrow Be the Journalist of Today? 26Jason Southworth and Ruth Tallman
4 Could Superman Have Joined the Third Reich? The Importance and Shortcomings of Moral Upbringing 37Robert Sharp
Part Two Truth, Justice, and the American Way: What Do They Mean? 47
5 Clark Kent Is Superman! The Ethics of Secrecy 49Daniel P. Malloy
6 Superman and Justice 61Christopher Robichaud
7 Is Superman an American Icon? 71Andrew Terjesen
Part Three The Will to Superpower: Nietzsche, the Übermensch, and Existentialism 83
8 Rediscovering Nietzsche’s Übermensch in Superman as a Heroic Ideal 85Arno Bogaerts
9 Superman or Last Man: The Ethics of Superpower 101David Gadon
10 Superman: From Anti-Christ to Christ-Type 111Adam Barkman
11 Superman Must Be Destroyed! Lex Luthor as Existentialist Anti-Hero 121Sarah K. Donovan and Nicholas Richardson
Part Four The Ultimate Hero: What Do We Expect from Superman? 131
12 Superman’s Revelation: The Problem of Violence in Kingdom Come 133David Hatfield
13 A World Without a Clark Kent? 145Randall M. Jensen
14 The Weight of the World: How Much Is Superman Morally Responsible For? 157Audrey L. Anton
Part Five Superman and Humanity: A Match Made on Krypton? 169
15 Superman and Man: What a Kryptonian Can Teach Us About Humanity 171Leonard Finkelman
16 Can the Man of Steel Feel Our Pain? Sympathy and Superman 181Andrew Terjesen
17 World’s Finest Philosophers: Superman and Batman on Human Nature 194Carsten Fogh Nielsen
Part Six Of Superman and Superminds: Who Is Superman, Anyway? 205
18 “It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s … Clark Kent?” Superman and the Problem of Identity 207Nicolas Michaud
19 Superman Family Resemblance 217Dennis Knepp
20 Why Superman Should Not Be Able to Read Minds 225Mahesh Ananth
Contributors: Trapped in the Philosophy Zone 237
Index: From Brainiac’s Files 243
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