True Blood and Philosophy: We Wanna Think Bad Things with You [Paperback]

Does God hate fangs?

Is Sam still Sam when he turns into a collie?

Is coming out of the coffin the same as coming out of the closet?

Are all vampires created evil?

Vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters, fairies, telepathsTrue Blood has it all. In a world where supernatural creatures coexist with human beings, Sookie Stackhouse and Bill Compton wrestle with powerful desires while facing complex issues concerning sex, romance, bigotry, violence, death, and immortality. Now, True Blood and Philosophy calls on the minds of some of historys great thinkers to perform some philosophical bloodletting on this thought-provoking series. From the metaphysics of mind reading to Maryann Forresters cult of Dionysus, from vampire politics to the nature of personal identity, and from contemporary feminism to the rights of nonhuman species, True Blood and Philosophy mines the thinking of philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Nietzsche, and John Rawls to enlighten us on the intriguing themes that surround this supernatural world. Youll find no shortage of juicy metaphysical morsels to sink your teeth into!

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Acknowledgments: For the Supes We Just Cant Live Without ix

Introduction: If a Tree Falls in the Woods, Its Still a TreeAint It? 1

Part One I Used to Hate Vampires, Until I Got To Know One: Vampire-human Ethics

1 To Turn or Not to Turn: The Ethics of Making Vampires 7
Christopher Robichaud

2 Dressing Up and Playingl³;