The Ultimate South Park and Philosophy by Irwin, William, Arp, Robert, Decker, Kevin S. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Series page Title page Copyright page Introduction: “Well, I’m Afraid It’s About to Happen Again”

Note

Part I: Doing Philosophical Things with South Park

1 Flatulence and Philosophy

Oh my God! They Killed Socrates! You Bastards! Cartman Gets a Banal Probe Friendship Kicks Ass! The Dialogues of Kyle and Stan An Apology for South Park: Getting in Touch with Your Inner Cartman The Talking Cure for Our Culture Notes

2 You Know, I Learned Something Today

Belief and Evidence Faith, Self-Interest, and Evidence What’s the Harm, Dude? Inquiry, Hard Work, and Progress Notes

3 “Imaginationland,” Terrorism, and the Difference Between Real and Imaginary

Critical Thinking and Theory Unimaginative Leadership? Just Because They’re Imaginary Doesn’t Mean They’re Not Real Only You Can Help Us Win This Battle Notes

4 Dude, Listen to Reason!

If You Do Drugs, Then You’re a Hippie Deductions and Inductions The Good, the Bad, and … Well, That’s It Really “If Chewbacca Lives on Endor, You Must Acquit” Slippery Slopes The Defense Rests Note

Part II: South Park and … Religion

5 Science, Religion, South Park, and God

Hail Science! Hail Science! Being Too Soft? Ha, Ha, Ha. You Believe in a Supernatural Being Maybe Just Believing in God Makes God Exist Oh My Science! Getting Rid of All of the Isms Notes

6 “Your Magic Is No Match for Our Powers Combined!”

Let’s Meet the Super Best Friends Pick Any Religion, and Picture It in Your Mind Go God Go 2 + 2 = 5 “David Blaine Will Now Eat His Own Head” You Gotta Have Faith Waiting for God (Oh!) Notes

7 Cartmanland and the Problem of Evil

“And That’s It?” The Story of Job The Sweet Milk of Our Tears “You Are Up There!” Free Hat, Free Willzyx, Free Will “Are You There God? It’s Me, Jesus” “Go God Go” Notes

Part III: South Park Versus … Religion

8 “Respect My Religiositah!”

Don’t Make Fun of My Faith! Suck My Balls: Is Nothing Sacred? Can’t We All Just Get Along? Comedy Central Caves In 200–201: The Cartoon Wars Escalate and Guess Who Caves Again? Is South Park Responsible for the Decline of Western Civilization? Notes

9 Mary’s Menses and Morality

What in God’s Name Is Blasphemy? Do You Care at All About People’s Feelings? A Utilitarian Perspective South Park Has the Potential to Make People Think You Have to Hit Them With a Sledgehammer Just Pissing People Off Notes

10 South Park, The Book of Mormon, and How Religious Fundamentalists Always Find a Way to Be Naive and Arrogant at the Same Time

A Mormon Just Believes You’re Making Things Up Again Boys Should Be With Girls, That’s Heavenly Father’s Plan God Has a Plan for All of Us (That Plan Involves Me Getting My Own Planet) I Am a Latter-Day Saint! Notes

Part IV: Respecting My Authoritah! inSouth Park

11 Juvenile Hijinks With Serious Subtext

Karl Popper, the Open Society, and Its Enemies South Park and the “Enemies” Not Tolerating a Tolerance for Intolerance Thomas Jefferson and the Foundations of Modern Democracy Notes

12 Of Marx and Mantequilla

Work, Proletariat Work Of Jobs and Meheecans Window… Wiiiiiiindow: The (Mis)uses of Meheecan Labor Power Marx, Race, and Nation All You Have to Lose Is Your Encadenamientos Notes

13 “Vote or Die, Bitch”

Enfranchised? So What! Going to (Electoral) College Liberty or Death? Vote for Me, and Only for Me You Wanna (Third) Party? Stability in a Political Storm Notes

14 Socioeconomic Darwinism from a South Park Perspective

Class Warfare Over the One-Percent Fat Fucking Pigs Zombie See, Zombie Do Among the Economic Undead Corporate CEOs as Underpants Gnomes Moral in a Nutshell Notes

Part V: Liber-arianism in South Park

15 Cartman Shrugged

High Philosophy and Low Comedy Speaking the Unspeakable A Plague on Both Your Houses Defending the Undefendable The Town of South Park versus Harbucks The Great Gnome Mystery Solved The Wal-Mart Monster Notes

16 Sitting Downtown at Kentucky Fried Chicken

Libertarianism and Legislating Lifestyles In Harm’s Way? Drugs Are Bad, M’Kay Mary Jane, M.D. I’ll Make Sure You’re Hooked Up for Life Fuck You, You Intersubjective Fuck! “I Just Want You to Look at Me When We Make Love, and Not Just at My Balls.” Douchebag Prisoners’ Dilemma “Sharon, You Got a Scrotum Coat? Lucky!” Notes

17 Cat Urine, Medicinal Fried Chicken, and Smoking

Self-Ownership and Paternalism Consequentialist Reasons to Avoid Paternalism Deontological Reasons to Avoid Paternalism The Final Say As to How to Run One’s Life Notes

Part VI: There’s a Time and a Place for Everything, Children

18 You (Still) Can’t Get Married, You’re Faggots

My God, Nature, and the Dictionary Say “No!” You Think Kids Can Be Raised by Queers? They’re Going to Allow Queers and Homos to Get Married, Huh? Teacher, Our Egg Is Fine−Gays Can Get Married Being “Butt Buddies” Isn’t the Same as Being Married Notes

19 Cute and Cuddly Animals versus Yummy Animals

All Animals Are Created Equal … Not Really! (and the Japanese Hate Whales and Dolphins) Tortured Baby Cows and Vaginitus Kids versus Adults and Cuddly Animals versus Yummy Animals The Line Goes Here, Not There! Don’t Worry, You Probably Won’t Turn into a Giant Pussy Fun with Animals and Crazy Animal Rights Activists Notes

20 Aesthetic Value, Ethos, and Phil Collins

“Maybe I Can Put It Best in the Words of a Timeless Song” Diegesis in South Park Musical Spraying Music to Move Plato’s Soul Phil Collins and Aesthetic Value Schopenhauer and “Death” The Only Way It Works Is Through Music Notes

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