Spider-man and philosophy : the web of inquiry / edited by Jonathan J. Sanford.
"Untangle the complex web of philosophical dilemmas of Spidey and his world -- in time for the release of The Amazing Spider-Man movie. Since Stan Lee and Marvel introduced Spider-Man in Amazing Fantasy #15 in 1962, everyone's favorite webslinger has had a long career in comics, graphic no...
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| Series: | Blackwell philosophy and popculture series.
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Table of Contents:
- Part One. The Spectacular Life of Spider-Man?
- 1. Does Peter Parker have a good life? / Neil Mussett
- 2. What price atonement? Peter Parker and the infinite debt / Taneli Kukkonen
- 3. "My name is Peter Parker" : unmasking the right and the good / Mark D. White
- Part Two. Responsibility-Man
- 4. "With great power comes great responsibility" : Spider-Man, Christian ethics, and the problem of evil / Adam Barkman
- 5. Does great power bring great responsibility? : Spider-Man and the good Samaritan / J. Keeping
- 6. With great power comes great culpability : How blameworthy is Spider-Man for Uncle Ben's death? / Philip Tallon
- Part Three. Spider-Sense and the Self
- 7. Why is my Spider sense tingling? / Andrew Terjesen
- 8. Red or black? : perception, identity, and self / Meaghan P. Godwin
- 9. With great power : heroism, villainy, and bodily transformation / Mark K. Spencer
- Part Four. Arachnids "R" Us : Technology and the Human, all too Human
- 10. Transhumanism : or, is it right to make a Spider-Man? / Ron Novy
- 11. Maximum clonage : what the Clone saga can teach us about human cloning / Jason Southworth, John Timm
- Part Five. Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
- 12. Justice versus romantic love : can Spider-Man champion justice and be with Mary Jane at the same time? / Charles Taliaferro and Tricia Little
- 13. Love, friendship, and being Spider-Man / Tony Spanakos
- 14. Spidey's tangled web of obligations : fighting friends and dependents gone bad / Christopher Robichaud
- Part Six. The Amazing Speaking Spider : Jokes, Stories, and the Choices we Make
- 15. The quipslinger : the morality of Spider-Man's jokes / Daniel P. Malloy
- 16. The sound and the fury behind "One more day" / Mark D. White
- 17. Spider-Man and the importance of getting your story straight / Jonathan F. Sanford.