Mark D. White

Writer, editor, teacher

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I’m a professor in the Department of Philosophy at the College of Staten Island/CUNY, where I teach courses in philosophy, economics, and law, and the author/editor/co-editor of several books.

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)

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)