Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts

Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts

Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts

Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts

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Overview

In Harry Potter and Philosophy, seventeen philosophical experts unlock some of Hogwarts' secret panels, and uncover surprising insights that are enlightening both for wizards and the most discerning muggles.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780812696974
Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company
Publication date: 10/01/2004
Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy , #9
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 250
Sales rank: 1,023,063
File size: 406 KB

About the Author

David Baggett is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He has published many scholarly articles on ethics and philosophy of religion.

Shawn Klein is Faculty Associate in Philosophy at Arizona State University.

Tom Morris, who contributes a chapter on “If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts,” is a nationally known inspirational and business speaker, and best-selling author of True Success, If Aristotle Ran General Motors, and Philosophy for Dummies.

Table of Contents

A Few Start-of-Term Notices
Abbreviations
The Magic of Philosophy
Gryffindor: The Characters of Harry's World
1.The Courageous Harry Potter
2.Dursley Duplicity: The Morality and Psychology of Self-Deception
3.Voldemort's Agents, Malfoy's Cronies, and Hagrid's Chums: Friendship in Harry Potter
4.Feminism and Equal Opportunity: Hermione and the Women of Hogwarts
Hufflepuff: Morality in Rowling's Universe
5.Heaven, Hell, and Harry Potter
6.Magic, Science, and the Ethics of Technology
7.The Mirror of Erised: Why We Should Heed Dumbledore's Warning
8.Kreacher's Lament: S.P.E.W. as a Parable on Discrimination, Indifference, and Social Justice
Slytherin: Knockturn Alley, and the Dark Arts
9.Is Ambition a Virtue? Why Slytherin Belongs at Hogwarts
10.A Skewed Reflection: The Nature of Evil
11.Voldemort, Boethius, and the Destructive Effects of Evil
12.Magic, Muggles, and Moral Imagination
Ravenclaw: Many-Flavored Topics in Metaphysics
13.Finding Platform 9?: The Idea of a Different Reality
14.Space, Time, and Magic
15.Why Voldemort Won't Just Die Already: What Wizards Can Teach Us about Personal Identity
16.The Prophecy-Driven Life: Foreknowledge and Freedom at Hogwarts
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