Ender's game and philosophy : genocide is child's play / edited by D.E. Wittkower and Lucinda Rush.

Other author Wittkower, D. E., 1977- editor.
Other author Rush, Lucinda.
Format Book
PublicationChicago : Open Court, [2013]
Copyright Date©2013
Descriptionvii, 253 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Card, Orson Scott. Ender's game.
Card, Orson Scott--Philosophy.
Wiggin, Ender (Fictitious character)
Philosophy in literature.

SeriesPopular culture and philosophy ; Volume 80
Popular culture and philosophy v. 80. ^A490194
Contents Rules of engagement -- Push 1 for remote war / Tim Blackmore -- What would Saint Thomas Aquinas do? / Jennifer Swanson -- Winning without honor / Shawn McKinney -- Is Ender Wiggin a cheater cheater bugger eater? / Joan Grassbaugh Forry -- Minds and bodies -- Where does Ender's consciousness end? / Yochai Ataria -- Hive-queens and harms / Paul Neiman and Daniel Druvenga -- Humanity beyond humanity / Jordan Pascoe -- The enemy's gate is down! / Jeremy Heuslein -- Who is Ender? -- Ender-Shiva, lord of the dance / Joshua Hall -- How queer is Ender? / Nicolas Michaud and Jessica Watkins -- Is Ender a Mormon? / James Holt -- Masks and deceptions -- They're screwing around with us / Don Fallis -- The lying game / Randall M. Jensen -- And who is Demosthenes? / Alexander Halavais -- Child development -- Every breath you take / Ashley Shew -- Being and learning / Stephen Aguilar -- Playing by the rules / Lucinda Rush -- Snakes and ladders, not Squad attack / Louis Melançon -- A question of character -- Peter's game / Jason P. Blahuta -- Sympathy and the perfect soldier / D.E. Wittkower -- Ender's power / Delia Dumitrica -- Weaponized virtue / David M. Wilmington -- Thinking in the future tense -- Lies were more dependable than the truth / Collin Pointon -- Is Ender a murderer? / Kelly Sorensen and Thomas Sorensen -- Killing children / Abraham P. Schwab -- Battle school officer directory -- A peek into the hive mind.
Abstract Ender's Game and Philosophy brings together over thirty philosophers to engage in wide-ranging discussion on the troubling, exciting, and fascinating issues raised in and amidst the excitement and fear of Orson Scott Card's novels and Gavin Hood's film. The authors of Ender's Game and Philosophy challenge readers to confront and work through the conceptual and emotional challenges that Ender's Game presents, bringing a new light on the idea of a just war, the virtues of the soldier, the nature of childhood, the social value and moral corruption of lies and deception, the practices of education and of leadership, and the serious work of playing games. -- Publisher website.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2013023124
ISBN9780812698343 (trade paper : alk. paper)
ISBN0812698347 (trade paper : alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 40022775342

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