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Index
Cover
Series
Title Page
Copyright
Acknowledgments: Legacy of the Force
Introduction: “The Circle Is Now Complete”
Episode I: The Philosophical Menace
Chapter 1: The Platonic Paradox of Darth Plagueis: How Could a Sith Lord Be Wise?
Respect for the Difference between Knowledge and Wisdom
“Unlimited Power!”
Darth Plagueis the Wise
The Wisdom of Seeking a Life of Great Significance
The Force beyond Light and Dark
Notes
Chapter 2: “You Are Asking Me to Be Rational”: Stoic Philosophy and the Jedi Order
Master of the Stoic Arts
Unlimited Power?
“Fear Is the Path to the Dark Side”
“From My Point of View, the Jedi Are Evil!”
“You Underestimate My Power!”
Notes
Chapter 3: The Jedi Knights of Faith: Anakin, Luke, and Søren (Kierkegaard)
“I Can't Kill My Own Father”
“Mostly Because of My Father, I Guess”
“Something Is Out of Place!”
“I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing”
“I Take Orders from Just One Person: Me!”
“It's a Trap!”
“That's Impossible!”
Bringing Balance to the Force
Notes
Chapter 4: Anakin and Achilles: Scars of Nihilism
“[Not So] Hard to See, the Dark Side Is”
“The Dark Side Is a Pathway to Many Abilities Some Consider to Be Unnatural”
Nihilism – It's a Trap!
“Help Me Take This Mask Off”
Notes
Chapter 5: Dark Times: The End of the Republic and the Beginning of Chinese Philosophy
Heaven's Mandate Is Not Constant
K'Kruhk's Story
Dass Jennir's Story
Kai Hudorra's Story
Notes
Episode II: Attack of the Morals
Chapter 6: Chasing Kevin Smith: Was It Immoral for the Rebel Alliance to Destroy Death Star II?
Scum and Villainy: The Anatomy of a Terrorist Act
Innocent Voices Crying Out in Terror: From Madrid to the Death Star
Doubling Their Efforts: Were the Death Star Workers Innocent?
“They're Gonna Bust Up Vader's Hood” … for a Proportionate Reason?
The Good Guys Lens
Notes
Chapter 7: The Ballad of Boba Fett: Mercenary Agency and Amoralism in War
Darker Than the Dark Side
Daddy Issues, Decapitation, and the Family Business
Moral Manager or Moral Mangler?
Mercenary Motivation and Ethical Action
Gray Areas: Fett and Amoralism
Notes
Chapter 8: How Guilty Is Jar Jar Binks?
“Mesa Cause One, Two-y Little Bitty Axadentes”
Oopsies Daisies, Meesa Killed Billions. Whoopsie!
Kant Decide
(In)Sidious Motives
Notes
Chapter 9: “Know the Dark Side”: A Theodicy of the Force
“Now I Shall Show You the True Nature of the Force”
“I Will Be the Most Powerful Jedi Ever!”
“You Were My Brother, Anakin! I Loved You!”
“If the Force Is Life, How Can There Be Life without the Force?”
Notes
Episode III: Revenge of the Alliance
Chapter 10: “Like My Father before Me”: Loss and Redemption of Fatherhood in Star Wars
Early Attachment
Failed Detachment
Choosing a Father
Vader's Deformed Fatherhood
Savior by Sacrifice
A Lesson on Love
Notes
Chapter 11: The Friends of a Jedi: Friendship, Family, and Civic Duty in a Galaxy at War
Pals over Politics: Motivations of a Hero
Luke Skywalker and Other Mythic Heroes
Leaving Han Solo in the Freezer
Your Friends or Your Galaxy?
Notes
Chapter 12: Light Side, Dark Side, and Switching Sides: Loyalty and Betrayal in Star Wars
Betrayed by a Droid
The Loyalty of the Sith
Loyal Soldiers of the Empire
The Solo House Divided against Itself
Betrayal at Bespin; or, Why Lando Was Right
“So Be It … Jedi!”
Notes
Chapter 13: Guardians and Tyrants in the Republics of Star Wars and Plato
Dysfunctional Democracy
Tyranus Rex
Guardians of Their Galaxy
Jedi and Present-Day Guardians
Lightsaber-Wielding Philosophers
Notes
Episode IV: A New Hermeneutic
Chapter 14: Pregnant Padmé and Slave Leia: Star Wars' Female Role Models
“I Am Not a Committee!”
“The Force Is Strong with This One”
“Aren't You a Little Short for a Stormtrooper?”
“You Have Your Moments – Not Many of Them – but You Do Have Them”
Notes
Chapter 15: Docile Bodies and a Viscous Force: Fear of the Flesh in Return of the Jedi
“Me Chaade su Goodie”
“Oh, I Can't Bear to Watch!”
A “Slimy Piece of Worm-Ridden Filth”
“Soon You Will Learn to Appreciate Me”
Notes
Chapter 16: Of Battle Droids and Zillo Beasts: Moral Status in the Star Wars Galaxy
“Where Are You Taking This … Thing?”
“We Cannot Allow the Destruction of an Innocent Life Form”
“Besides Being the Last of Its Kind, This Creature May Be Intelligent”
“I Applaud Your Moral Stance, Doctor. Principle Is in Short Supply”
Notes
Episode V: Metaphysics Strikes Back
Chapter 17: Why the Force Must Have a Dark Side
Evil Sure Seems Pretty Damn Real Here on Alderaan
“Here Goes Nothing”
“I've Got a Very Bad Feeling about This”
Empirical Reality Strikes Back
Bringing Balance to the Force
Notes
Chapter 18: What Is It Like to Be a Jedi? A Life in the Force
“Life Creates It, Makes It Grow”
“You Must Unlearn What You Have Learned”
“You Must Feel the Force Flowing through You”
“A Jedi's Strength Flows from the Force”
“A Certain [Bodily] Point of View”
“The Way of the Force”
“Be Mindful of the Living Force”
Notes
Chapter 19: “Never Tell Me the Odds”: An Inquiry Concerning Jedi Understanding
A Long Time Ago, in a City-State Far, Far Away
Hume Shot First
The Jedi as Scientist
Shut Up, Threepio!
Always in Motion Is the Truth
Notes
Episode VI: Return of the Non-Human
Chapter 20: Mindless Philosophers and Overweight Globs of Grease: Are Droids Capable of Thought?
“We Seem to Be Made to Suffer. It's Our Lot in Life”
“Do You Speak Bocce?”
“He's Quite Clever, You Know, for a Human Being”
Dignity for Droids
Notes
Chapter 21: Can Chewie Speak? Wittgenstein and the Philosophy of Language
Does “Rrwwwgg” Count as Speaking?
Wrenches and Hydrospanners: Meaning through Use
How to Describe a Disturbance in the Force
Learning the Lingua Galactica
“Let the Wookiee Win”
Notes
Chapter 22: Can the Zillo Beast Strike Back? Cloning, De-extinction, and the Species Problem
How De-extinct Species Strike Back
The Species Problem: Biology's Phantom Menace
If Once a Species Starts Down the Dark Path …
A New Hope for Extinct Species?
Notes
Episode VII: The Fandom Awakens
Chapter 23: “In That Time …” in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Epic Myth-Understandings and Myth-Appropriation in Star Wars
Myth: It's More than Hokey Religions and Ancient Weapons, Han
Joseph Campbell: “Man of the Monomyth”
Lucas's Campbell Soupçon
“Great, Kid! Don't Get Cocky!”
“And You Said It Was Pretty Here!”
A Final Word
Notes
Chapter 24: Star Wars, Emotions, and the Paradox of Fiction
“You Know, I Did Feel Something”
“Be Mindful of Your Thoughts”
“You're Imagining Things”
“Luke, Trust Your Feelings”
“It's Like Something out of a Dream”
“There. You See, Lord Vader. She Can Be Reasonable”
Notes
Chapter 25: The Mind of Blue Snaggletooth: The Intentional Stance, Vintage Star Wars Action Figures, and the Origins of Religion
Introspection in Jabba's Palace
Blue Snaggletooth
Designed for Action
Blue Snaggletooth Says, “A Parsec Is a Unit of Distance, Not Time”
But Action Figures Don't Have Thoughts
Notes
Chapter 26: Gospel, Gossip, and Ghent: How Should We Understand the New Star Wars?
The Mechanics of Canon in the Star Wars Universe
Canon and the Erasure of Ghent
Notes
Contributors: Troopers of the 501st Legion
Index
EULA
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