{"product_id":"the-ultimate-star-trek-and-philosophy-9781119146001","title":"The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Reunites the editors of Star Trek and Philosophy with Starfleet   s finest experts for 31 new, highly logical essays    * Features a complete examination of the Star Trek universe, from the original series to the most recent films directed by J.J.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments: The Command Staff of Utopia Planitia ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: A Guide to Living Long and Prospering 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI Alpha Quadrant: Home Systems 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 “The More Complex the Mind, the Greater the Need for the Simplicity of Play” 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJason T. Eberl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Aristotle and James T. Kirk: The Problem of Greatness 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerold J. Abrams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Moral Psychology of a Starship Captain 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTim Challans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 “Make It So”: Kant, Confucius, and the Prime Directive 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlejandro B´arcenas and Steve Bein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Destroying Utopias: Why Kirk Is a Jerk 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 “We Are Not Going to Kill Today”: Star Trek and the Philosophy of Peace 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Boersema\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII Beta Quadrant: Dangerous Rivalries 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Klingons: A Cultural Pastiche 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVictor Grech\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Borg as Contagious Collectivist Techno-Totalitarian Transhumanists 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDan Dinello\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Assimilation and Autonomy 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarbara Stock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Q: A Rude, Interfering, Inconsiderate, Sadistic Pest—on a Quest for Justice? 105\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKyle Alkema and Adam Barkman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Federation Trekonomics: Marx, the Federation, and the Shift from Necessity to Freedom 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeff Ewing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 “The Needs of the Many Outweigh the Needs of the Few”: Utilitarianism and Star Trek 127\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreg Littmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Casuistry in the Final Frontier 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCourtland Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII Delta Quadrant: Questing for Home 149\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 “Today Is a Good Day to Die!” Transporters and Human Extinction 151\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Jaworski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Two Kirks, Two Rikers 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrip McCrossin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Data, Kant, and Personhood; or,Why Data Is Not a Toaster 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNina Rosenstand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Humans, Androids, Cyborgs, and Virtual Beings: All aboard the Enterprise 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDennis M.Weiss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Photons (and Drones) Be Free: Phenomenology and the Life-Worlds of Voyager’s Doctor and Seven of Nine 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicole R. Pramik\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Vision Quest into Indigenous Space 199\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalter Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV Gamma Quadrant: Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations 211\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Rethinking the Matter: Organians Are Still Organisms 213\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelanie Johnson-Moxley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 “In Search of . . . ” Friendship: What We Can Learn from Androids and Vulcans 223\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames M. Okapal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Resistance Is Negligible: In Praise of Cyborgs 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa Cassidy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 “Who I Really Am”: Odo, Mead, and the Self 243\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePamela JG Boyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Is Liberation Ever a Bad Thing? Enterprise’s “Cogenitor” and Moral Relativism 253\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam A. Lindenmuth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Resistance Really Is Futile: On Being Assimilated by Our Own Technology 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDena Hurst\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eV Beyond the Galactic Barrier: The Future as the Final Frontier 273\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Life on a Holodeck: What Star Trek Can Teach Us about the True Nature of Reality 275\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDara Fogel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Which Spock Is the Real One? Alternate Universes and Identity 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Zimmerman Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 “Strangely Compelling”: Romanticism in “The City on the Edge of Forever” 299\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah O’Hare\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 It Is a Q of Life: Q as a Nietzschean Figure 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles Taliaferro and Bailey Wheelock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 A God Needs Compassion, but Not a Starship: Star Trek’s Humanist Theology 315\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames F. McGrath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 “The Human Adventure Is Just Beginning”: Star Trek’s Secular Society 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKevin S. Decker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors: Federation Ambassadors to Babel 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 349\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866387820887,"sku":"9781119146001","price":11.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119146001.jpg?v=1722278411","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-ultimate-star-trek-and-philosophy-9781119146001","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}