BOOKS (AUTHORED)

The Virtues of Captain America 2nd edn Rights versus Antitrust A Philosopher Reads Marvel Comics' Daredevil Kantian Ethics and Economics The Manipulation of Choice The Illusion of Well-Being The Decline of the Individual Batman and Ethics The Virtues of Captain America
A Philosopher Reads Marvel Comics' Civil War A Philosopher Reads... Marvel Comics' Thor

BOOKS (EDITED/CO-EDITED)

Oxford Handbook of Ethics and Economics Batman and Philosophy The Thief of Time Retributivism Economics and the Virtues Watchmen and Philosophy The Avengers and Philosophy Theoretical Foundations of Law and Economics Law and Social Economics Accepting the Invisible Hand Doctor Strange and Philosophy Economics and the Mind The Insanity Defense Ethics and Economics Superman and Philosophy Green Lantern and Philosophy Iron Man and Philosophy Social Economics Downton Abbey and Philosophy

Iron Man and Philosophy: Facing the Stark Reality

IronMan John Wiley & Sons, 2010

PART ONE  THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF TONY STARK

  • 1 The Stark Madness of Technology (George A. Dunn)
  • 2 The Technological Subversion of Technology: Tony Stark, Heidegger, and the Subject of Resistance (Rocco Gangle)
  • 3 The Literal Making of a Superhero (Travis Rieder)
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PART TWO  WEARING THE ARMOR RESPONSIBLY

  • 4 Can Iron Man Atone for Tony Stark’s Wrongs? (Christopher Robichaud)
  • 5 Did Iron Man Kill Captain America? (Mark D. White)
  • 6 Fate at the Bottom of a Bottle: Alcohol and Tony Stark (Ron Novy)

PART THREE  THE IRON AGE: TONY STARK’S ROLE IN SOCIETY

  • 7 Tony Stark and “The Gospel of Wealth” (Andrew Terjesen)
  • 8 ™ and © Stark Industries: Iron Man and Property Rights (Daniel P. Malloy)
  • 9 Tony Stark, Philosopher King of the Future? (Tony Spanakos)

PART FOUR  THE MIND INSIDE THE IRON MAN

  • 10 Iron Man in a Chinese Room: Does Living Armor Think? (Ron Novy)
  • 11 Flexing His Intelligence: Tony Stark’s Brainy Brawn (Phillip S. Seng)
  • 12 Does Tony Stark Have an Iron Will? (Mark D. White)

PART FIVE  THE VIRTUE OF AN AVENGER

  • 13 Does Tony Stark Use a Moral Compass? (Sarah K. Donovan and Nicholas P. Richardson)
  • 14 Flawed Heroes and Courageous Villains: Plato, Aristotle, and Iron Man on the Unity of the Virtues (Carsten Fogh Nielsen)
  • 15 “I Have a Good Life”: Iron Man and the Avenger School of Virtue (Stephanie Patterson and Brett Patterson)

PART SIX  WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN IRON MAN

  • 16 Iron Man and the Problem of Progress (David Valleau Curtis)
  • 17 Engendering Justice in Iron Man (Rebecca Housel and Gary Housel)
  • 18 Iron Man’s Transcendent Challenge (Stephen Faller)