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.

Superman and Philosophy: What Would the Man of Steel Do

Wiley Blackwell, 2013  |  Order from Amazon

Part One  Superman
The Big Blue Boy Scout: Ethics, Judgment, and Reason

1 Moral Judgment: The Power That Makes Superman Human
Mark D. White

2 Action Comics! Superman and Practical Reason
Brian Feltham

3 Can the Man of Tomorrow Be the Journalist of Today?
Jason Southworth and Ruth Tallman

4 Could Superman Have Joined the Third Reich? The Importance and Shortcomings of Moral Upbringing
Robert Sharp

Part Two
Truth, Justice, and American Way: What Do They Mean?

5 Clark Kent Is Superman! The Ethics of Secrecy
Daniel Malloy

6 Superman and Justice
Christopher Robichaud

7 Is Superman an American Icon?
Andrew Terjesen

Part Three
The Will to Superpower: Nietzsche, the Übermensch, and Existentialism

8 Rediscovering Nietzsche’s Übermensch in Superman as a Heroic Ideal
Arno Bogaerts

9 Superman or Last Man: The Ethics of Superpower
David Gadon

10 Superman: From Anti-Christ to Christ-Type
Adam Barkman

11 Superman Must Be Destroyed! Lex Luthor as Existentialist Anti-Hero
Sarah Donovan and Nick Richardson

Part Four
The Ultimate Hero: What Do We Expect from Superman?

12 Superman’s Revelation: The Problem of Violence in Kingdom Come
David Hatfield

13 A World Without a Clark Kent?
Randall M. Jensen

14 The Weight of the World: How Much Is Superman Morally Responsible For?
Audrey L. Anton

Part Five
Superman and Humanity: A Match Made in Krypton?

15 Superman and Man: What a Kryptonian Can Teach Us About Humanity
Leonard Finkelman

16 Can the Man of Steel Feel Our Pain? Sympathy and Superman
Andrew Terjesen

17 World’s Finest Philosophers: Superman and Batman on Human Nature
Carsten Fogh Nielsen

Part Six
Of Superman and Superminds: Who Is Superman, Anyway?

18 “It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s … Clark Kent?” Superman and the Problem of Identity
Nicolas Michaud

19 Superman Family Resemblance
Dennis Knepp

20 Why Superman Should Not Be Able to Read Minds
Mahesh Ananth

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