{"product_id":"the-ultimate-star-trek-and-philosophy-isbn-9781119146001","title":"The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eReunites the editors of Star Trek and Philosophy with Starfleet’s finest experts for 31 new, highly logical essays\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures a complete examination of the Star Trek universe, from the original series to the most recent films directed by J.J. Abrams, \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) and \u003ci\u003eStar Trek Into Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e (2013)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces important concepts in philosophy through the vast array of provocative issues raised by the series, such as the ethics of the Prime Directive, \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e’s philosophy of peace, Data and \u003ci\u003eVoyager\u003c\/i\u003e’s Doctor as persons, moral relativism and the Federation’s quest for liberation, the effect of alternate universes on reality and identity, the Borg as transhumanists, Federation Trekonomics, \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e’s secular society, and much, much more…!\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn enterprising and enlightening voyage into deep space that will appeal to hardcore fans and science fiction enthusiasts alike\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePublishing in time to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the original TV series\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments: The Command Staff of Utopia Planitia ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: A Guide to Living Long and Prospering 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI Alpha Quadrant: Home Systems 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 “The More Complex the Mind, the Greater the Need for the Simplicity of Play” 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJason T. Eberl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Aristotle and James T. Kirk: The Problem of Greatness 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerold J. Abrams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Moral Psychology of a Starship Captain 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTim Challans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 “Make It So”: Kant, Confucius, and the Prime Directive 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlejandro B´arcenas and Steve Bein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Destroying Utopias: Why Kirk Is a Jerk 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 “We Are Not Going to Kill Today”: Star Trek and the Philosophy of Peace 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Boersema\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII Beta Quadrant: Dangerous Rivalries 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Klingons: A Cultural Pastiche 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVictor Grech\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Borg as Contagious Collectivist Techno-Totalitarian Transhumanists 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDan Dinello\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Assimilation and Autonomy 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarbara Stock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Q: A Rude, Interfering, Inconsiderate, Sadistic Pest—on a Quest for Justice? 105\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKyle Alkema and Adam Barkman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Federation Trekonomics: Marx, the Federation, and the Shift from Necessity to Freedom 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeff Ewing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 “The Needs of the Many Outweigh the Needs of the Few”: Utilitarianism and Star Trek 127\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreg Littmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Casuistry in the Final Frontier 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCourtland Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII Delta Quadrant: Questing for Home 149\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 “Today Is a Good Day to Die!” Transporters and Human Extinction 151\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Jaworski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Two Kirks, Two Rikers 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrip McCrossin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Data, Kant, and Personhood; or,Why Data Is Not a Toaster 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNina Rosenstand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Humans, Androids, Cyborgs, and Virtual Beings: All aboard the Enterprise 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDennis M.Weiss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Photons (and Drones) Be Free: Phenomenology and the Life-Worlds of Voyager’s Doctor and Seven of Nine 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicole R. Pramik\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Vision Quest into Indigenous Space 199\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalter Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV Gamma Quadrant: Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations 211\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Rethinking the Matter: Organians Are Still Organisms 213\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelanie Johnson-Moxley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 “In Search of . . . ” Friendship: What We Can Learn from Androids and Vulcans 223\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames M. Okapal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Resistance Is Negligible: In Praise of Cyborgs 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa Cassidy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 “Who I Really Am”: Odo, Mead, and the Self 243\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePamela JG Boyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Is Liberation Ever a Bad Thing? Enterprise’s “Cogenitor” and Moral Relativism 253\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam A. Lindenmuth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Resistance Really Is Futile: On Being Assimilated by Our Own Technology 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDena Hurst\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eV Beyond the Galactic Barrier: The Future as the Final Frontier 273\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Life on a Holodeck: What Star Trek Can Teach Us about the True Nature of Reality 275\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDara Fogel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Which Spock Is the Real One? Alternate Universes and Identity 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Zimmerman Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 “Strangely Compelling”: Romanticism in “The City on the Edge of Forever” 299\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah O’Hare\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 It Is a Q of Life: Q as a Nietzschean Figure 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles Taliaferro and Bailey Wheelock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 A God Needs Compassion, but Not a Starship: Star Trek’s Humanist Theology 315\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames F. McGrath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 “The Human Adventure Is Just Beginning”: Star Trek’s Secular Society 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKevin S. Decker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors: Federation Ambassadors to Babel 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin S. Decker\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at Eastern Washington University, where he teaches ethics, American and Continental philosophy, and philosophy of popular culture. He is co-editor of \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy and Breaking Bad\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and \u003ci\u003eWho is Who? The Philosophy of Doctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e (2013). He is co-editor, with Jason T. Eberl, of \u003ci\u003eThe Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015), \u003ci\u003eStar Trek and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and \u003ci\u003eStar Wars and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (2005).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJason T. Eberlis\u003c\/b\u003e the Semler Endowed Chair for Medical Ethics and Professor of Philosophy at Marian University in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he teaches bioethics, ethics, and medieval philosophy. 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The essays introduce important concepts in philosophy through the vast array of provocative issues raised by the series, such as the ethics of the Prime Directive, \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e's philosophy of peace, Data and \u003ci\u003eVoyager\u003c\/i\u003e's Doctor as persons, moral relativism and the Federation's quest for liberation, the effect of alternate universes on reality and identity, the Borg as transhumanists, Federation Trekonomics, and \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e's secular society. Available in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the endlessly inventive and beloved \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e franchise, this is an enterprising and enlightening voyage into deep space that will appeal to hardcore fans and science fiction enthusiasts alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990359752933,"sku":"NP9781119146001","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119146001.jpg?v=1761787505","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-ultimate-star-trek-and-philosophy-isbn-9781119146001","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}