Alien and Philosophy, I INFEST, THEREFORE I AM by Irwin, William -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Table of Contents Contributors Introduction Part I: Identity and Moral Considerability

1 “No Man Needs Nothing”

2 Androids

“He was programmed to protect human life” Autonomy “Because pain hurts” Agents and Patients “It’s a robot! A goddamn droid!”

3 “All Other Priorities Are Rescinded”

You Will Get What You Deserve Employees are Stakeholders In Space No One Can Hear You Scream This is Rumor Control. Here are the Facts!

Part II: Ethics

4 Disposable Assets

Greedy as a Space Pig “I work for the Company, but I’m really an OK guy” Special Order 937—Crew Expendable

5 Corporate Greedand Alien/ation

To Have and to Consume Work: The Alien Plague The Real Enemy: Pure Capitalists The End of History?

6 The Public and its Alien Problem

Alien as Political Dystopia Politics as a Science? Aliens: Transforming the Social into the Economic Hope for the Future

7 Cross My Heart and Hope to Die

“My name’s ‘Newt’” “Those two specimens are worth millions to the bioweapons division” Jaws in Space “A survivor” “Standard procedure is to do what the hell they tell you to do” “Why don’t you put her in charge?” “You don’t need me. I’m not a soldier” “Oh, yeah. Sure. With those things running around?” “I don’t want to hear about it, Bishop. She’s alive. There’s still time!” Not Bad, for a [Wo]man

Part III: Moral Psychology

8 Nuking the Colony to Save It

When Aliens Stop Being Polite The Burkian Dialogue Still Searching for Answers From Vietnam to Space Easing Back on the APC’s Throttle

9 Xenomorphs and the Benefits of Exposure to Violence as Education

Hadley’s Hope and Plato’s Republic Newt the Apprentice Guardian Newt is Hardened Like an Egg Should Your Child Watch Aliens?

10 Alien, Alienation, and Alien Nation

Alien Alienation Alien Nation

Part IV: Horror

11 Terror from the Stars

How to Frighten People Keeping it Real as Aliens Attack Truck Drivers in Space How to Build an Alien Darwin’s Nightmare Real Men Cry in Terror (and So Do Real Women) How to Tell a Horror Story In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream In Lovecraft’s Taloned Footsteps Final Transmission

12 Art‐Horror Environments and the Alien Series

Nostromo Infected Corrosion The Brood The Melding

13 Contagion

Infection Madness Death

Part V: Sex and Gender

14 Ellen Ripley

Über Mother Of Cat and Girl That Bitch! Resurrection I’m an Alien. And That’s OK.

15 Is Ellen Ripley a Feminist?

“Have you ever been mistaken for a man?” “Yes, I read you. The answer is negative” “Don’t you think you’re safer here with us?” “A lot of innocent people will die…” A Professional, a Mother, and Someone Who Cares

16 Alien Violation

Bodies That Matter Rape Culture Equal Opportunity Offenders

Part VI: Continental Philosophy

17 The Alien as Übermensch

18 “Why Do You Go On Living?”

Number 8 A Serious Philosophical Problem I Can Make it All Stop You’re Programmed to Do That? I Rebel—Therefore We Exist Little Hunk of Plastic One Must Imagine Ripley Happy

19 God Save the Xenomorph Queen

Existentialism is an Alienism A Funny Habit of Shedding His Animality Stubborn Rejection of their Animal Condition Its Structural Perfection is Only Matched by its Autonomy

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