Product Description
by Jason T. Eberl (Editor)
Front Jacket
PHILOSOPHY/POP CULTURE
"The contributors to Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy strive to make things relevant to fans of the show, and they put their information out in a way that is accessible to folks who wouldn't know Heidegger from Heineken."
Green Man Review, Spring 2009
The writers are well versed in their subjects...The book is most effective at making the reader rethink what they thought they knew.
Neo-opsis
What's the point of living after your world has been destroyed? This is one of many questions raised by the Sci-Fi Channel's critically acclaimed series Battlestar Galactica. More than just an action-packed "space opera," each episode offers a dramatic character study of the human survivors and their Cylon pursuers as they confront existential, moral, metaphysical, theological, and political crises.
This volume addresses some of the key questions to which the Colonials won't find easy answers, even when they reach Earth: Are Cylons persons? Is Baltar's scientific worldview superior to Six's religious faith? Can Starbuck be free if she has a special destiny? Is it ethical to cut one's losses and leave people behind? Is collaboration with the enemy ever the right move? Is humanity a "flawed creation?" Should we share the Cylon goal of "transhumanism?" Is it really a big deal that Starbuck's a woman?
Back Jacket
PHILOSOPHY/POP CULTURE
"The contributors to Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy strive to make things relevant to fans of the show, and they put their information out in a way that is accessible to folks who wouldn't know Heidegger from Heineken."
Green Man Review, Spring 2009
"The writers are well versed in their subjects...The book is most effective at making the reader rethink what they thought they knew."
Neo-opsis
What's the point of living after your world has been destroyed? This is one of many questions raised by the Sci-Fi Channel's critically acclaimed series Battlestar Galactica. More than just an action-packed "space opera," each episode offers a dramatic character study of the human survivors and their Cylon pursuers as they confront existential, moral, metaphysical, theological, and political crises.
This volume addresses some of the key questions to which the Colonials won't find easy answers, even when they reach Earth: Are Cylons persons? Is Baltar's scientific worldview superior to Six's religious faith? Can Starbuck be free if she has a special destiny? Is it ethical to cut one's losses and leave people behind? Is collaboration with the enemy ever the right move? Is humanity a "flawed creation?" Should we share the Cylon goal of "transhumanism?" Is it really a big deal that Starbuck's a woman?
Author Biography
JASON T. EBERL, PhD, is Professor of Health Care Ethics and Philosophy at Saint Louis University. His research interests focus on bioethics, metaphysics, and medieval philosophy. He is the co-editor of Sons of Anarchy and Philosophy (2013), The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy (2015), and The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy (2016).
To learn more about the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, visit www.andphilosophy.com
