First chapter of The Avengers and Philosophy available for free download

February 19, 2012

First chapter of The Avengers and Philosophy available for free download

Thanks to Mitters' tumblr, I discovered that there are three samples from The Avengers and Philosophy: Earth's Mightiest Thinkers available at Wiley's site for the book: the table of contents, the index (in case you're curious who's included in the book--I'm happy to say most everybody!), and best of all, the first chapter, written by yours truly.

Titled "Superhuman Ethics Class with the Avengers Prime," it introduces the three basic schools of ethics--utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics--using Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor (respectively), and the conflicts between them, as examples. (The title comes from Avengers Academy, as I discuss here and here.)

Download it and let me know what you think, and don't forget to preorder the book, which comnes out in May!

Posted at 01:05 PM in Avengers, Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, Books, Captain America, Ethics, Iron Man, Philosophy, Thor | Permalink

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I read the sample chapter and thanks to Amazon's preview the Intro. It looks fun. Checking the index I'm disappointed that my favourite (honorary) Avenger, Rick Jones, is only mentioned twice. I look forward to the all Squirrel Girl volume 2. ;)

Posted by: 4ll4n0 | March 2, 2012 at 09:02 PM

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