Alien and Philosophy

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Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors: In Space, No One Can Hear Them Scream; Introduction: A Word of Warning ... ; Part I Identity and Moral Considerability: "We Made You Because We Could"; Chapter 1 "No Man Needs Nothing": The Possibility of Androids as Lockean Persons in Alien and Prometheus ; "Well, I guess that's because I'm a human being, and you're a robot"; "Technological, intellectual, physical ... emotional"; "The trick, William Potter, is not minding it hurts"; "I repeat, all other priorities rescinded"; "There is nothing in the desert, and no man needs nothing"; Notes. Title Page Copyright Page Contents Contributors: In Space, No One Can Hear Them Scream Introduction: A Word of Warning ... Part I Identity and Moral Considerability: "We Made You Because We Could" Chapter 1 "No Man Needs Nothing": The Possibility of Androids as Lockean Persons in Alien and Prometheus "Well, I guess that's because I'm a human being, and you're a robot" "Technological, intellectual, physical ... emotional" "The trick, William Potter, is not minding it hurts" "I repeat, all other priorities rescinded" "There is nothing in the desert, and no man needs nothing" Notes. Chapter 2 Androids: Artificial Persons or Glorified Toasters? "He was programmed to protect human life" Autonomy "Because pain hurts" Agents and Patients "It's a robot! A goddamn droid!" Notes Chapter 3 "All Other Priorities Are Rescinded": The Moral Status of Employees in the Alien Franchise You Will Get What You Deserve Employees are Stakeholders In Space No One Can Hear You Scream This is Rumor Control. Here are the Facts! Notes Part II Ethics: "I Don't Know Which Species is Worse" Chapter 4 Disposable Assets: Weyland-Yutani's Special Brew of Business Ethics. Greedy as a Space Pig"I work for the Company, but I'm really an OK guy" Special Order 937-Crew Expendable Chapter 5 Corporate Greed and Alien/ation: Marx vs. Weyland-Yutani To Have and to Consume Work: The Alien Plague The Real Enemy: Pure Capitalists The End of History? Notes Chapter 6 The Public and its Alien Problem Alien as Political Dystopia Politics as a Science? Aliens: Transforming the Social into the Economic Hope for the Future Notes Chapter 7 Cross My Heart and Hope to Die: Why Ripley Must Save Newt "My name's 'Newt'" "Those two specimens are worth millions to the bioweapons division"Jaws in Space "A survivor" "Standard procedure is to do what the hell they tell you to do" "Why don't you put her in charge?" "You don't need me. I'm not a soldier" "Oh, yeah. Sure. With those things running around?" "I don't want to hear about it, Bishop. She's alive. There's still time!" Not Bad, for a [Wo]man Notes Part III Moral Psychology: "Unclouded by Conscience, Remorse, or Delusions of Mortality" Chapter 8 Nuking the Colony to Save It: Colonial Marines and Just Wars When Aliens Stop Being Polite. The Burkian DialogueStill Searching for Answers From Vietnam to Space Easing Back on the APC's Throttle Notes Chapter 9 Xenomorphs and the Benefits of Exposure to Violence as Education Hadley's Hope and Plato's Republic Newt the Apprentice Guardian Newt is Hardened Like an Egg Should Your Child Watch Aliens? Notes Chapter 10 Alien, Alienation, and Alien Nation Alien Alienation Alien Nation Notes Part IV Horror: "They Mostly Come at Night" Chapter 11 Terror from the Stars: Alien as Lovecraftian Horror How to Frighten People Keeping it Real as Aliens Attack.