[Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture 12] • X-Men and Philosophy by Irwin, William -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Acknowledgements Introduction X1 : ORIGINS - THE X-FACTOR IN THE EXISTENTIAL

I - THE LURE OF THE NORMAL: WHO WOULDN’T WANT TO BE A MUTANT?

The Paradoxes of Normality How to Be Abnormal “Normal” Anxiety

II - AMNESIA, PERSONAL IDENTITY, AND THE MANY LIVES OF WOLVERINE

What Is Personal Identity? Cassandra Nova, Charles Xavier, and John Locke Bringing It All Back to Wolverine Jamie Madrox and Derek Parfit Bringing It All Back to Wolverine (Again) Be Slow to Judge

III - IS SUICIDE ALWAYS IMMORAL? JEAN GREY, IMMANUELKANT, AND THE DARK PHOENIX SAGA

“Oh, My God. You Teach Ethics?” You Got Somethin’ Better, Bub? Delving Deeper into the Mind of Professor K Let’s Hear from Our Guests, Scott and Jean! (Applause) “Jean Grey Is Dead.” “Yeah, That’ll Last.”

IV - X-ISTENTIAL X-MEN: JEWS, SUPERMEN, AND THE LITERATURE OF STRUGGLE

X2 : EVOLUTION - CONSCIOUSNESS, CONSCIENCE, AND CURE

V - MAD GENETICS: THE SINISTER SIDE OF BIOLOGICAL MASTERY

The Burden of Dangerous Knowledge Nature, Red in Tooth and Claw Evolutionary Justice? The Eugenic Agenda The Real “Menace” to Humanity Behind the Glass A Sinister Purpose?

VI - LAYLA MILLER KNOWS STUFF: HOW A BUTTERFLY CAN SHOULDER THE WORLD

“Nostradamus Reborn as Wednesday Addams” “The Greatest Power of All” “Small in Bulk but Surpassing Everything in Power” “I’ve Got Bigger Things on My Mind Than God”

VII - X-WOMEN AND X-ISTENCE

Genesis-X Evolutions Origins Astonishing ’70s Generation NeXt The Ultimate Conclusion

VIII - MUTANT RIGHTS, TORTURE, AND X-PERIMENTATION

Mutants Are Different The X-Gene But They Can Look Just Like Everyone Else . . . Morality and Impartiality: Aliens vs. Mutants The Duties of Mutants and Magneto on Mutant Superiority Experimentation without Consent and Torture Rights vs. Beneficial Consequences

IX - WHEN YOU KNOW YOU’RE JUST A COMIC BOOK CHARACTER: DEADPOOL

X 3 : UNITED - HUMAN ETHICS AND MUTANT MORALITY IN THE X-VERSE

X - MAGNETO, MUTATION, AND MORALITY

“Nonsense on Stilts” You Can’t Get an Ought from an Is Are Ethics an Illusion? What Einstein Can Learn from Xavier

XI - PROFESSOR X WANTS YOU

Be an X-Man? It’s All about Me—or Is It? How Badly Do You Want It, Bub? Once More, with Feeling Reporting for Duty You Say You Want a Revolution Thank You, Professor X, but I’ll Make Up My Own Mind

XII - DIRTY HAN DS AN D DIRTY MINDS: THE ETHICS OF MIND READING AND MINDWRITING

Should We Trust Telepaths? How Do I Tell Whether I’m a Mind Reader? How Much Ought the X-Men to Rely on Telepathy? Should One Ever Mindwrite? Is There Such a Thing as a Telepathic Affair? Getting Your Mind “Dirty” Trying to Clean a “Dirty” Mind In a (Real) World Like This

XIII - THE MUTANT CURE OR SOCIAL CHANGE: DEBATING DISABILITY

The Medical Model and the Social Model Jean, Rogue, and the Medical Model The Social Model Dilemmas Curing Oneself of Persecution The Cure as a Weapon

XIV - MUTANTS AND THE METAPHYSICS OF RACE

Race and the X-Gene Mutants and Biological Race Mutants and Social Races The Difference between Mutants and Race Mutants as Racelike

X4 : THE LAST STAND - WAR, TECHNOLOGY, DEATH, AND MUTANTKIND

XV - MUTANT PHENOMENOLOGY

Mutant and Human Being-There On Occupying Space, Phenomenology-Style On Occupying Mutant Space Death and Apocalypse, Mutant-Style What It’s Like to Be a Mutant

XVI - WAR AND PEACE, POWER AND FAITH

Real Peace Fear, Oppression, and Violence The Mutant Other War Peace

XVII - HIGH-TECH MYTHOLOGY IN X-MEN

Dream Works Human and Machine Mutation The Psionic Mind Psionic Blocks Xavier’s Telepathic Probe Magneto’s Mutant Machina The X-Men Metanarrative

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