The Good Place and Philosophy

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<p><b>Dive into the moral philosophy at the heart of all four seasons of NBCs<i>The Good Place</i>, guided by academic experts including the shows philosophical consultants Pamela Hieronymi and Todd May, and featuring a foreword from creator and showrunner Michael Schur</b></p><ul><li>Explicitly dedicated to the philosophical concepts, questions, and fundamental ethical dilemmas at the heart of the thoughtful and ambitious NBC sitcom<i>The Good Place</i></li><li>Navigates the murky waters of moral philosophy in more conceptual depth to call into question what Chidis ethics lessonsand the showget right about learning to be a good person</li><li>Features contributions from<i>The Good Place</i>s philosophical consultants, Pamela Hieronymi and Todd May, and introduced by the shows creator and showrunner Michael Schur (<i>Parks and Recreation</i>,<i>The Office</i>)</li><li>Engages classic philosophical questions, including the clash between utilitarianism and deontological ethics in the Trolley Problem, Kants categorical imperative, Sartres nihilism, and T.M Scanlon's contractualism</li><li>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</li><li>Led by Kimberly S. Engels, co-editor of<i>Westworld and Philosophy</i></li></ul><p></p>

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<p><b>KIMBERLY S. ENGELS</b> is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Molloy College, Rockville Centre, New York. She is the author of numerous book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles, and is the co-editor of<i>Westworld and Philosophy</i>.

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