The Good Place and Philosophy

Everything is Forking Fine! (Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series)

De: Kimberly S. Engels - editor, William Irwin - series editor, Michael Schur - foreword

Narrado por: Joe Hempel, Amy McFadden

Dive into the moral philosophy at the heart of all four seasons of NBC's The Good Place, guided by academic experts, including the show's philosophical consultants Pamela Hieronymi and Todd May, and featuring a foreword from creator and showrunner Michael Schur.

• Explicitly dedicated to the philosophical concepts, questions, and fundamental ethical dilemmas at the heart of the thoughtful and ambitious NBC sitcom The Good Place.
• Navigates the murky waters of moral philosophy in more conceptual depth to call into question what Chidi's ethics lessons-and the show-get right about learning to be a good person.
• Engages classic philosophical questions, including the clash between utilitarianism and deontological ethics in the "Trolley Problem", Kant's categorical imperative, Sartre's nihilism, and T. M. Scanlon's contractualism.
• Explores themes such as death, love, moral heroism, free will, responsibility, artificial intelligence, fatalism, skepticism, virtue ethics, perception, and the nature of autonomy in the surreal heaven-like afterlife of the Good Place.

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Detailed, Profound, Meaningful, and Amazing

I have long considered The Good Place to be one of the greatest television shows of all time. It probably helps that I have a B.A. in Philosophy and have long considered grand questions about morality and the nature of existence to be some of the most noble human pursuits possible. So of course, I was entertained and awe struck when a simple television comedy series managed to unpack so many of the grand philosophical explorations that I have ever approached or considered but in a concise and approachable way. This book is the perfect extension of the show. The true philosophy nerd’s study companion to not only go alongside but also extend the amazing and incredible philosophical and ultimately uniquely human experiences presented within this amazing show. Simply put: I am so grateful that the TV show exists and also grateful that this amazing companion book was created to exist alongside this amazing philosophical contemplation!

Annoying Narrator.

I wasn't expecting a GREAT experience because, you know, "philosophy," but I couldn't even tolerate the narrator long enough to find out.