ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
INTRODUCTION 1
PART ONE THE SPECTACULAR LIFE OF SPIDER-MAN?
1 Does Peter Parker Have a Good Life? 7
Neil Mussett
2 What Price Atonement? Peter Parker and the Infinite Debt
22
Taneli Kukkonen
3 “My Name is Peter Parker”: Unmasking the Right and the Good
37
Mark D. White
PART TWO RESPONSIBILITY-MAN
4 “With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility”: Spider-Man,
Christian Ethics, and the Problem of Evil 55
Adam Barkman
5 Does Great Power Bring Great Responsibility? Spider-Man and
the Good Samaritan 70
J. Keeping
6 With Great Power Comes Great Culpability: How Blameworthy Is
Spider-Man for Uncle Ben’s Death? 86
Philip Tallon
PART THREE SPIDER-SENSE AND THE SELF
7 Why Is My Spider-Sense Tingling? 103
Andrew Terjesen
8 Red or Black: Perception, Identity, and Self 119
Meaghan P. Godwin
9 With Great Power: Heroism, Villainy, and Bodily Transformation
131
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? 145
Ron Novy
11 Maximum Clonage: What the Clone Saga Can Teach Us about Human
Cloning 159
Jason Southworth and 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? 177
Charles Taliaferro and Tricia Little
13 Love, Friendship, and Being Spider-Man 188
Tony Spanakos
14 Spidey’s Tangled Web of Obligations: Fighting Friends and
Dependents Gone Bad 200
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 217
Daniel P. Malloy
16 The Sound and the Fury behind “One More Day” 231
Mark D. White
17 Spider-Man and the Importance of Getting Your Story Straight
243
Jonathan J. Sanford
CONTRIBUTORS 257
INDEX 263
Jonathan J. Sanford is a professor of philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Franciscan University of Steubenville. William Irwin is a professor of philosophy at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He originated the philosophy and popular culture genre of books as coeditor of the bestselling The Simpsons and Philosophy and has overseen recent titles including Batman and Philosophy, Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy, and Watchmen and Philosophy.
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