{"product_id":"enders-game-and-philosophy-isbn-9781118386576","title":"Ender's Game and Philosophy","description":"A threat to humanity portending the end of our species lurks in the cold recesses of space. Our only hope is an eleven-year-old boy.  \u003cp\u003eCelebrating the long-awaited release of the movie adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s novel about highly trained child geniuses fighting a race of invading aliens, this collection of original essays probes key philosophical questions raised in the narrative, including the ethics of child soldiers, politics on the internet, and the morality of war and genocide.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOriginal essays dissect the diverse philosophical questions raised in Card’s best-selling sci-fi classic, winner of the Nebula and Hugo Awards and which has been translated in 29 languages\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePublication coincides with planned release of major motion picture adaptation of \u003ci\u003eEnder’s Game\u003c\/i\u003e starring Asa Butterfield and Harrison Ford\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTreats a wealth of core contemporary issues in morality and ethics, including child soldiers, the best kind of education and the use and misuse of global communications for political purposes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA stand-out addition to the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: What Is Ender’s Game? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One THIRD: The Making of an Impossible Child 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 “The Teachers Got Me Into This”: Educational Skirmishes … with a Pinch of Freedom 9\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCam Cobb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Illusions of Freedom, Tragedies of Fate: The Moral Development of Ender Wiggin 21\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeremy Proulx\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Xenocide’s Paradox: The Virtue of Being Ender 32\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeff Ewing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Teaching to the Test: Constructing the Identity of a Space Commander 41\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChad William Timm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two GAME: Cooperation or Confrontation? 53\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Enemy’s Gate Is Down: Perspective, Empathy, and Game Theory 55\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew Zimmerman Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 War Games as Child’s Play 66\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMatthew Brophy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Forming the Formless: Sunzi and the Military Logic of Ender Wiggin 78\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMorgan Deane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Do Good Games Make Good People? 89\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrendan P. Shea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three HIVE-QUEEN: All Together Now 99\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9 Bugger All!: The Clash of Cultures in Ender’s Game 101\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCole Bowman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Why Ender Can’t Go Home: Philotic Connections and Moral Responsibility 112\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrett Chandler Patterson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Of Gods and Buggers: Friendship in Ender’s Game 124\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeffery L. Nicholas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four WAR: Kill or Be Killed 137\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 “I Destroy Them”: Ender, Good Intentions, and Moral Responsibility 139\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLance Belluomini\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Ender’s Beginning and the Just War 151\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames L. Cook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 “You Had to Be a Weapon, Ender … We Aimed You”: Moral Responsibility in Ender’s Game 163\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDanielle Wylie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Unspoken Rules of Manly Warfare: Just War Theory in Ender’s Game 175\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKody W. Cooper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Five HEGEMON: The Terrible Things Are Only About to Begin 187\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Locke and Demosthenes: Virtually Dominating the World 189\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKenneth Wayne Sayles III\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Ender’s Dilemma: Realism, Neoliberalism, and the Politics of Power 202\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTed Henry Brown and Christie L. Maloyed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 People Are Tools 212\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGreg Littmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConvening Authorities of the Court Martial of Colonel Hyrum Graff 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ansible Index 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eKevin S. Decker\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean of the College of Arts, Letters, and Education at Eastern Washington University, USA. He specializes in researching American pragmatism, Continental philosophy, ethics, philosophy in popular culture, and social theory. Professor Decker has co-edited a string of books on the links between philosophy and popular culture, including \u003ci\u003eStar Wars and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (2005, with Jason T. Eberl), \u003ci\u003eStar Trek and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (2008, also with Jason T. Eberl), and, with Richard Brown, \u003ci\u003eTerminator and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell 2009).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Irwin\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at King’s College in Pennsylvania. 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  Is the deception and manipulation of Andrew “Ender” Wiggin morally justified?  \u003cp\u003eIs it ethical to use brilliant children as soldiers?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Can there ever really be peace between two completely different cultures?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoes Ender’s ‘final solution’ in the destruction of the ‘buggers’ accord with the ethics of conducting warfare?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFew books are considered to be both the best science fiction novel of all time, and useful for teaching actual military strategy. Orson Scott Card’s \u003ci\u003eEnder’s Game\u003c\/i\u003e is just such a book, depicting highly trained child geniuses saving the world from insect-like alien ‘buggers’. Timed for its release to coincide with the release of a motion picture adaptation of the novel, this book dissects key questions raised by Card and his legions of fans, including the ethics of child soldiers, the morality of tactics and technology in warfare, genocide, interspecies communication, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e The contemporary relevance of \u003ci\u003eEnder’s Game\u003c\/i\u003e can hardly be overstated: until recently it was on the US Marine Corps professional reading list. This compelling collection unpicks the warp and woof of philosophical references that form the novel’s themes and narrative arc, and is a major addition to the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series. 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