An ethical guidebook to the zombie apocalypse : how to keep your brain without losing your heart /

An ethical guidebook to the zombie apocalypse : how to keep your brain without losing your heart /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Hall, Bryan, 1977- author.
Imprint:	London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
Description:	xii, 224 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Ethics. Ethics -- Case studies. Zombies -- Social aspects -- Case studies. Ethical problems. Survival -- Moral and ethical aspects. Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects. Conduct of life -- Moral and ethical aspects. Ethics Case studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12731215

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ISBN:	9781350083615 1350083615 9781350083622 1350083623
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	When your base camp is overrun by zombies, whom do you save if you cannot save everyone? Is it permissible to sacrifice one survivor to an undead horde in order to save a greater number of the living? Do you have obligations to loved ones who have turned? These are some of the troubling ethical questions you might face in a zombie apocalypse. Bryan Hall uses situations like these to creatively introduce the foundational theories of moral philosophy. Covering major thinkers such as Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, and John Stuart Mill, this is an introduction to Ethics like no other : a practical guidebook for surviving a zombie outbreak with your humanity intact. It shows you why moral reasoning matters as long as you still walk among the living.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : Welcome to the end of the world
Coping with chaos through Relativism
How to find moral value in the apocalypse
Creating an escape from the state of zombies
Understanding your rights and duties during the pandemic
Do the infected have a right to suicide from altruistic motives?
When to sacrifice survivors to hungry hordes
How to maximize pleasure in a world of flesh-consuming anguish
Are all zombies equal?
The responsibilities of strongholds to the unprotected living
What are your obligations to undead loved ones?
How to cultivate virtue among the vicious
Conclusion : A guide for flourishing in an undead world.