The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy
The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy: The Search for Socrates

Summary 
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Can a starship captain be both great and moral? Can Vulcans and androids really have (or be) friends? What is it like to be a hologram, shapeshifter, or incorporeal entity? Why do the Borg frighten us so much? Is there room for God in the Star Trek universe? Is Q just a sadistic pest or a provocateur of human advancement?

The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy boldly goes where no book has gone before in pursuit of a greater philosophical understanding of the galaxy's final frontier. It reunites the editors of Star Trek and Philosophy with Starfleet's finest experts for 30 new, highly logical essays to provide a thorough examination of the Star Trek universe – from the original series to the most recent films directed by J.J. Abrams,  (2009) and  (2013).  The essays introduce important concepts in philosophy through the vast array of provocative issues raised by the series, such as the ethics of the Prime Directive, Star Trek's philosophy of peace, Data and Voyagers Doctor as persons, moral relativism and the Federation's quest for liberation, the effect of alternate universes on reality and identity, the Borg as transhumanists, Federation Trekonomics, and Star Treks secular society. Available in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the endlessly inventive and beloved Star Trek franchise, this is an enterprising and enlightening voyage into deep space that will appeal to hardcore fans and science fiction enthusiasts alike.

Contents
 Acknowledgments
 Introduction: A Guide to Living Long and Prospering (Pages: 1-3)
 Part I : Alpha Quadrant: Home Systems
 CHAPTER 1 - "The More Complex the Mind, the Greater the Need for the Simplicity of Play" (Pages: 5-17) - Jason T. Eberl
 CHAPTER 2 - Aristotle and James T. Kirk: The Problem of Greatness (Pages: 18-25) - Jerold J. Abrams
 CHAPTER 3 - The Moral Psychology of a Starship Captain (Pages: 26-35) - Tim Challans
 CHAPTER 4 - "Make It So": Kant, Confucius, and the Prime Directive (Pages: 36-46) - Alejandro Bárcenas, Steve Bein
 CHAPTER 5 - Destroying Utopias: Why Kirk is a Jerk (Pages: 47-58) - David Kyle Johnson
 CHAPTER 6 - "We Are Not Going to Kill Today": Star Trek and the Philosophy of Peace (Pages: 59-68) - David Boersema
 Part II : Beta Quadrant: Dangerous Rivalries
 CHAPTER 7 - Klingons: A Cultural Pastiche (Pages: 68-82) - Victor Grech
 CHAPTER 8 - The Borg as Contagious Collectivist Techno-Totalitarian Transhumanists (Pages: 83-94) - Dan Dinello
 CHAPTER 9 - Assimilation and Autonomy (Pages: 95-104) - Barbara Stock
 CHAPTER 10 - Q: A Rude, Interfering, Inconsiderate, Sadistic Pest—on a Quest for Justice? (Pages: 105-114) - Kyle Alkema, Adam Barkman
 CHAPTER 11 - Federation Trekonomics: Marx, the Federation, and the Shift from Necessity to Freedom (Pages: 115-126) - Jeff Ewing
 CHAPTER 12 - "The Needs of the Many Outweigh the Needs of the Few": Utilitarianism and Star Trek (Pages: 127-137) - Greg Littmann
 CHAPTER 13 - Casuistry in the Final Frontier (Pages: 138-147) - Courtland Lewis
 Part III : Delta Quadrant: Questing For Home
 CHAPTER 14 - "Today Is a Good Day to Die!" Transporters and Human Extinction (Pages: 148-161) - William Jaworski
 CHAPTER 15 - Two Kirks, Two Rikers (Pages: 162-171) - Trip McCrossin
 CHAPTER 16 - Data, Kant, and Personhood; or, Why Data Is Not a Toaster (Pages: 172-179) - Nina Rosenstand
 CHAPTER 17 - Humans, Androids, Cyborgs, and Virtual Beings: All aboard the Enterprise (Pages: 180-189) - Dennis M. Weiss
 CHAPTER 18 - Photons (and Drones) Be Free: Phenomenology and the Life-Worlds of Voyagers Doctor and Seven of Nine (Pages: 190-198) - Nicole R. Pramik
 CHAPTER 19 - Vision Quest into Indigenous Space (Pages: 199-210) - Walter Robinson
 Part IV : Gamma Quadrant: Infinite Diversity In Infinite Combinations
 CHAPTER 20 - Rethinking the Matter: Organians Are Still Organisms (Pages: 211-222) - Melanie Johnson-Moxley
 CHAPTER 21 - "In Search of ..." Friendship: What We Can Learn from Androids and Vulcans (Pages: 223-231) - James M. Okapal
 CHAPTER 22 - Resistance Is Negligible: In Praise of Cyborgs (Pages: 232-242) - Lisa Cassidy
 CHAPTER 23 - "Who I Really Am": Odo, Mead, and the Self (Pages: 243-252) - Pamela JG Boyer
 CHAPTER 24 - Is Liberation Ever a Bad Thing? Enterprises "Cogenitor" and Moral Relativism (Pages: 253-263) - William A. Lindenmuth
 CHAPTER 25 - Resistance Really Is Futile: On Being Assimilated by Our Own Technology (Pages: 264-272) - Dena Hurst
 Part V : Beyond The Galactic Barrier: The Future as The Final Frontier
 CHAPTER 26 - Life on a Holodeck: What Star Trek Can Teach Us about the True Nature of Reality (Pages: 273-287) - Dara Fogel
 CHAPTER 27 - Which Spock Is the Real One? Alternate Universes and Identity (Pages: 288-298) - Andrew Zimmerman Jones
 CHAPTER 28 - "Strangely Compelling": Romanticism in "The City on the Edge of Forever" (Pages: 299-307) - O'Hare Sarah
 CHAPTER 29 - It Is a Q of Life: Q as a Nietzschean Figure (Pages: 308-314) - Charles Taliaferro, Bailey Wheelock
 CHAPTER 30 - A God Needs Compassion, but Not a Starship: Star Treks Humanist Theology (Pages: 315-325) - James F. McGrath
 CHAPTER 31 - "The Human Adventure Is Just Beginning": Star Treks Secular Society (Pages: 326-339) - Kevin S. Decker
 Contributors: Federation Ambassadors to Babel (Pages: 340-348)
 Index (Pages: 349-358)

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