Superman and Philosophy by White, Mark D. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Series page Title page Copyright page Introduction: It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane … It’s Philosophy! Part One: THE BIG BLUE BOY SCOUT

Chapter 1: Moral Judgment

The Trinity of Moral Philosophy But Like Superpowers, Ethics Only Gets You So Far Tragic Dilemma in Your Pocket (Universe) I’m Walkin’, Yes Indeed Superman Did What? What Makes Superman Human

Chapter 2: Action Comics!

It’s Practically Reasonable More Powerful Than a Locomotive We Could Be Heroes … Superman vs. the Calculator Faster Than a Speeding Bullet The Virtues of Being Super So Whom Does He Save?

Chapter 3: Can the Man of TomorrowBe the Journalist of Today?

The Face and the Voice A Reporter’s Story The Reporter of Steel Superman Confidential: Seek Truth and Report It The Big Forget: Act Independently Wicked Business! Minimize Harm Fatal Flaw?

Chapter 4: Could Superman Have Joined the Third Reich?

… Or Not The Moral Education of a Superman Superman: Son of the Third Reich In the End, Hitler Still Loses

Part Two: TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND THE AMERICAN WAY

Chapter 5: Clark Kent Is Superman!

What Is the Secret? Superman for President! The Secret Revealed! Opening the Shirt Letting in Lois In the Vault

Chapter 6: Superman and Justice

It’s All About Personal Liberty Truth, Libertarian Justice, and the American Way Great Rawls! Behind the (Lead-Lined) Veil of Ignorance Occupy Metropolis Superman’s Greatest Foe?

Chapter 7: Is Superman an American Icon?

Is Superman Giving Up on the American Way? My Country, Right or Wrong—But Mostly Right Can Superman Be a Citizen of the World? Cosmopolitanism Then and Now The Appearance of Impropriety Act Locally, Think Globally

Part Three: THE WILL TO SUPERPOWER

Chapter 8: Rediscovering Nietzsche’s Übermensch in Superman as a Heroic Ideal

Truth, Justice, and the Nietzschean Way Putting the Über into the Übermensch The Nietzschean Superman Superman vs. Clark Kent S Is for Savior Kneel Before Zod! Perhaps … Lex Luthor? Nietzschean Übermensch, American Christ, or Both?

Chapter 9: Superman or Last Man

Survival of the Weakest Introducing Superman—Whether We Need Him or Not Waiting for Superman Resignation Superman Singer vs. Nietzsche It Ain’t Easy Being Blue Is He Worth It?

Chapter 10: Superman

Übermensch as Anti-Christ Lex Luthor: Super-Man? Jesus Without the Christ Moral Illumination Trinitarian Movie Mythos Is Superman Christ or a Christ-Type? Seduction of the Innocent?

Chapter 11: Superman Must Be Destroyed!

A Man Who Writes His Own Script An Iconoclast One Man Is an Island The Anti-Hero of Faith Existentialists Gone Wild!

Part Four: THE ULTIMATE HERO

Chapter 12: Superman’s Revelation

The Never-Ending Battle Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World2 Kingdom Come Superman’s Dilemma Good Violence vs. Bad Violence Sacred Violence Caution: Mythology at Work The Truth About Truth and Justice

Chapter 13: A World Without a Clark Kent?

Goodbye, Clark? Golden Age Limits The Humanity of Martha Kent Jor-El’s Higher Calling Lex Luthor, Villain or Hero? Man and Superman

Chapter 14: The Weight of the World

Know Your Role! Superhindsight There’s Demanding and Then There’s Demanding It Ain’t Right, I Tell Ya, It Ain’t Right The Big Blue Boy Scout Superman Meets His Match: Supererogatory! The Weight of the World

Part Five: SUPERMAN AND HUMANITY

Chapter 15: Superman and Man

Mystery of the Bizarro World! Strange Visitor to Earth-P! Civilizing Earth-P The Super-Men of Earth-O! Humanity’s Greatest Power!

Chapter 16: Can the Man of Steel Feel Our Pain?

Growing Up a Super Boy Men Are from Earth, Supermen Are from Krypton Just Another Kid from Smallville There’s Pain and Then There’s Pain I Am Curious (Superman) Kneel Before Zod What the “S” Really Means Sympathy for the Hero

Chapter 17: World’s Finest Philosophers

Batman, Hobbes, and the War of All Against All Batman and the Sovereign The Most Perfect Line You Matter—To Me Securing Recognition Batman or Superman? Hobbes or Hegel?

Part Six: OF SUPERMAN AND SUPERMINDS

Chapter 18: “It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s … Clark Kent?”

The Question-Begger, the Greatest Villain in Philosophy Is It My Super-Body? Memories of You, Superman Hole-y Personality Superman! Would the Real Superman Please Stand Up! So Let’s Give Lois a Break!

Chapter 19: Superman Family Resemblance

The Eternal Superman The Challenge of the Supermen Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Family Values But Families Also Disagree a Lot Having Fun With Big Blue

Chapter 20: Why Superman Should Not Be Able to Read Minds

The Mind of Superman Great Caesar’s Ghost: The Problem of Other Minds! Solving the Kryptonian Knot What Are You Thinking? Zombie Superman: Even Worse Than Bizarro Too Close for Comfort Luthor’s Razor Forget It, Supes

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