Avengers and Philosophy: Earth's Mightiest Thinkers, The
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Authors: Mark White
CONTENTS
Introduction: Earth’s Mightiest Philosophers
Part One: What Would an Avenger Do?
Chapter 1: Superhuman Ethics Class with the Avengers Prime
Chapter 2: Shining the Light on the Dark Avengers
Chapter 3: The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Family
Chapter 4: Superhero Identity: Case Studies in the Avengers
Chapter 5: I am Made of Ink: She-Hulk and Metacomics
Chapter 6: The Self-Corruption of Norman Osborn: A Cautionary Tale
Part Three: Should the Avengers Do More Than Avenge?
Chapter 7: Forgivers Assemble!
Chapter 8: Gods, Beasts, and Political Animals: Why the Avengers Assemble
Chapter 9: Cap’s Kooky Quartet: Is Rehabilitation Possible?
Part Four: Do the Avengers Ever Go Too Far?
Chapter 10: Fighting the Good Fight: Military Ethics and the Kree-Skrull War
Chapter 11: Secrets and Lies: Compromising the Avengers’ Values for the Good of the World
“This is the Kind of Thing that is Going to Bite US in the Butt”
Chapter 12: The Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Problem with Proactive Superheroics
Part Five: What Kind of World do the Avengers Live In?
Chapter 13: Can Kang Kill his Past Self? The Paradox of Time Travel
Chapter 14: “No Other Gods Before Me”: God, Ontology, and Ethics in the Avengers’ Universe
Chapter 15: Love Avengers Style: Can an Android Love a Human?
Chapter 16: The Way of the Arrow: Hawkeye Meets the Taoist Masters