{"product_id":"the-ultimate-south-park-and-philosophy-isbn-9781118386569","title":"The Ultimate South Park and Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnlightenment from the \u003ci\u003eSouth Park\u003c\/i\u003e gang faster than you can say, \"Screw you guys, I'm going home\"!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ultimate South Park and Philosophy: Respect My Philosophah!\u003c\/i\u003e presents a compilation of serious philosophical reflections on the twisted insights voiced by characters in TV’s most irreverent animated series.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers readers a philosophically smart and candid approach to one of television’s most subversive and controversial shows as it enters its 17th season\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws sharp parallels between the irreverent nature of \u003ci\u003eSouth Park\u003c\/i\u003e and the inquiring and skeptical approach of Western philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJourneys deep beyond the surface of the show’s scatological humor to address the perennial questions raised in \u003ci\u003eSouth Park\u003c\/i\u003e and the contemporary social and political issues that inspire each episode\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUtilizes familiar characters and episodes to illustrate such philosophical topics as moral relativism, freedom of expression, gay marriage, blasphemy, democracy, feminism, animal ethics, existential questions, and much more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIt’s a Bigger, Longer \u0026amp; Uncut version of the highly acclaimed \u003ci\u003eSouth Park and Philosophy: You Know, I Learned Something Today\u003c\/i\u003e—and is guaranteed to be much funnier than killing Kenny\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: “Well, I’m Afraid It’s About to Happen Again” 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Arp and Kevin S. Decker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Doing Philosophical Things with South Park 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1 Flatulence and Philosophy: A Lot of Hot Air, or the Corruption of Youth? 7\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWillie Young\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 You Know, I Learned Something Today: Stan Marsh and the Ethics of Belief 19\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHenry Jacoby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 “Imaginationland,” Terrorism, and the Difference Between Real and Imaginary 29\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristopher C. Kirby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Dude, Listen to Reason! Logic Lessons Inside and Outside South Park 41\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Arp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II South Park and … Religion 53\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Science, Religion, South Park, and God 55\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 “Your Magic Is No Match for Our Powers Combined!”—Religious Pluralism and the Search for Truth 71\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeffrey Dueck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Cartmanland and the Problem of Evil 83\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III South Park versus … Religion 95\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 “Respect My Religiositah!”—South Park and Blasphemy 97\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Koepsell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Mary’s Menses and Morality: Blasphemy in South Park 108\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKevin J. Murtagh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 South Park, The Book of Mormon, and How Religious Fundamentalists Always Find a Way to Be Naive and Arrogant at the Same Time 119\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoberto Sirvent and Neil Baker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Respecting My Authoritah! in South Park 131\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Juvenile Hijinks With Serious Subtext: Dissent and Democracy in South Park 133\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Valleau Curtis and Gerald J. Erion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Of Marx and Mantequilla: Labor and Immigration in “The Last of the Meheecans” 143\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeffrey Ewing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 “Vote or Die, Bitch”—Does Every Vote Count in a Two-Party System? 153\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Scott Gray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Socioeconomic Darwinism from a South Park Perspective 164\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDale Jacquette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Liber-arianism in South Park 175\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Cartman Shrugged: South Park and Libertarian Philosophy 177\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul A. Cantor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Sitting Downtown at Kentucky Fried Chicken: One Toke Over the Line 194\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKevin S. Decker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Cat Urine, Medicinal Fried Chicken, and Smoking: South Park’s Anti-Paternalistic Libertarianism 208\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eShane D. Courtland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI There’s a Time and a Place for Everything, Children 221\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 You (Still) Can’t Get Married, You’re Faggots: Mrs. Garrison and the Gay Marriage Debate 223\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJacob M. Held\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Cute and Cuddly Animals versus Yummy Animals 236\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCynthia Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Aesthetic Value, Ethos, and Phil Collins: The Power of Music in South Park 247\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePer F. Broman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 265\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Arp\u003c\/b\u003e is an analyst working with the U.S. Government. He has done data modeling work as an ontologist, and has taught philosophy courses at colleges and universities, too. His interests include philosophy of biology, ontology in the information science sense, and philosophy and pop culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin S. Decker\u003c\/b\u003e teaches philosophy at Eastern Washington University, where he is also an Associate Dean of the College of Arts, Letters and Education. His research interests are American pragmatism, Continental philosophy, ethics, philosophy and pop culture, and social theory.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Irwin\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at King’s College. He originated the philosophy and popular culture genre of books as coeditor of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e and has overseen recent titles including \u003ci\u003eSuperman and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Sabbath and Philosophy,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSpider-Man and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhat can Kyle, Cartman, Kenny and Stan teach us about imagination, logic and reason?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs \u003ci\u003eSouth Park\u003c\/i\u003e anti-religion?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs this tiny town in the Rockies democratic, anarchic, or something else?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWill Mr. Garrison and Big Gay Al ever be happy together in gay marriage?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the six years since the original publication of \u003ci\u003eSouth Park and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, the lives of Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny have become only more dysfunctional—too much dysfunctionality to pass up, in fact. 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