Star wars and philosophy more powerful than you can possibly imagine

"You cannot escape your destiny" (or can you?): freedom and predestination in the Skywalker family / Jason T. Eberl -- Stoicism in the stars : yoda, the emperor, and the force / William O. Stephens -- The Far East of star wars / Walter [Ritoku] Robinson -- Moral ambiguity in a black-and-wh...

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Weitere Verfasser: Decker, Kevin S. (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Chicago Open Court 2005
Schriftenreihe:Popular culture and philosophy 12
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Zusammenfassung:"You cannot escape your destiny" (or can you?): freedom and predestination in the Skywalker family / Jason T. Eberl -- Stoicism in the stars : yoda, the emperor, and the force / William O. Stephens -- The Far East of star wars / Walter [Ritoku] Robinson -- Moral ambiguity in a black-and-white universe / Richard H. Dees -- "Try not-do or do not" : ethics in a galaxy far, far away -- The aspiring Jedi's handbook of virtue / Judith Barad -- "A wretched hive of scum and villainy" : star wars and the problem of evil / Christopher M. Brown -- "Be mindful of the living force" : environmental ethics in star wars / Elizabeth F. Cooke -- Send in the clones : the ethics of future wars / Richard Hanley -- "Don't call me a mindless philosopher!" : alien technologies and the metaphysics of -- The force -- A technological galaxy : Heidegger and the philosophy of technology in star wars / J erold J. Abrams -- "If droids could think . . ." : droids as slaves and persons / Robert Arp -- "Size matte
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
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Beschreibung:xvi, 227 S.
23 cm
ISBN:9780812695830
978-0-8126-9583-0
0812695836
0-8126-9583-6