by White, Mark
Roy T. Cook is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities, a resident fellow at the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science, and an associate fellow at the Northern Institute of Philosophy–University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He is the author of A Dictionary of Philosophical Logic, editor of The Arché Papers on the Mathematics of Abstraction, and has published numerous academic articles on paradoxes, the philosophy of logic, the philosophy of mathematics, and, more recently, the aesthetics of comics. He is also coeditor (with Aaron Meskin) of The Art of Comics: A Philosophical Approach. Despite the best efforts of artists and writers, his early romance with Jennifer Walters was censored by the Comics Code Authority, and as a result the steamy details will forever remain a secret.
Sarah K. Donovan is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Wagner College in New York City. Her teaching and research interests include feminist, social, moral, and Continental philosophy, and she has coauthored articles for books in the present series on Batman, Watchmen, Iron Man, and Green Lantern. While performing research with the Dark Avengers, she became friends with Lindy Reynolds, but now feels guilty about assuring her that helicopter rides are completely safe.
Andrew Zimmerman Jones is the physics guide at About.com and author of String Theory for Dummies. He lives in central Indiana with his wife and two young sons, occasionally writing essays in august collections such as Heroes and Philosophy and Green Lantern and Philosophy. In his spare time, he searches for Jones Particles, theoretical particles that will shrink your waistline.
Charles Klayman is a term instructor of philosophy at John A. Logan College in Carterville, Illinois. Since Xavier’s Institute for Higher Learning rejected his application, he is completing his doctoral studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. His research interests include classical American philosophy and aesthetics. Despite possessing the ability to befuddle minds, he was denied Avengers membership; apparently, carrying a thick philosophy book is not the same as carrying a mystical hammer or an indestructible shield.
Daniel P. Malloy quit the Avengers in protest after the Scarlet Witch married the Vision, maintaining (against Klayman’s chapter) that walking toasters don’t have the right to marry. There was also a slight dispute with Jarvis, which has since been settled out of court. Since then, Daniel has spent his time as a lecturer in philosophy at Appalachian State University, teaching introductory courses and writing about the intersections between philosophy and popular culture.
Louis P. Melançon dresses like Captain America and asks for super-soldier serum at every medical appointment he has. So far it’s only resulted in flu and anthrax vaccinations. While he has no experience (yet) in fighting the Skrulls, Kree, or any time-traveling villains bent on world domination, as a U.S. Army officer Louis has had a wide variety of tactical and strategic combat arms and intelligence experience. He has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal and holds master’s degrees from the Joint Military Intelligence College (now National Intelligence University) and King’s College, London. His greatest achievement, however, is teaching his two-year-old daughter to identify all the Pet Avengers by name.
Stephen M. Nelson is a PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota. He teaches courses in a variety of areas, and his research centers on the philosophy of language, philosophy of logic, and metaphysics. Being a direct descendant of Odin through his Icelandic side (which he can prove with detailed genealogical records), Stephen has always felt a distinct—almost brotherly—bond with Thor, and, by extension, the ragtag band of superheroes Thor runs with.
Robert Powell—or “Troy” when he’s under the influence of a special top-secret serum—is a master’s candidate in the Conflict Analysis and Management Program at Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia, with an undergraduate background in psychology and philosophy. Troy is also a research analyst with the Sentinel Project for Genocide Prevention, a Toronto-based NGO, working on an open source early warning system for genocide—or what Troy likes to think of as the “Cerebro of ethnic conflict.” What fewer people know is that Troy is secretly working on an upgrade to the serum that created the Sentry, believing we all must learn to rein in our darker natures before we can rise and shine as heroes of the world in our own domains.
Nicholas Richardson is an associate professor in the Department of Physical Sciences at Wagner College in New York City, where he teaches general, advanced inorganic, and medicinal chemistry. He has coauthored articles for books in the present series on Batman, Watchmen, Iron Man, and Green Lantern. He was initially asked by Norman Osborn to join the Dark Avengers, but somehow the paperwork got lost, and Osborn had to step in at the last minute to become the Iron Patriot himself.
Christopher Robichaud is a lecturer in ethics and public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. The Avengers often consult him on matters of moral and political philosophy. Well, Nick Fury forces them to. Captain America politely listens. Iron Man totally ignores him. Black Widow threatens to kill him if he doesn’t shut up. Hawkeye echoes that sentiment. Thor simply laughs and invites him out for a beer. And Hulk, mercifully, never shows up.
Jason Southworth is an adjunct professor of philosophy at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas. He has written chapters for many Philosophy and Pop Culture volumes, including ones on Inception, X-Men, and Final Fantasy. He is curious about the application process for the Pet Avengers; if Miss Lion is a member, surely it was a mistake not to invite Hepzibah, the fierce defender of the Southworth-Tallman household.
Tony Spanakos was never invited to join the Avengers despite being recognized by his wife, friends, and students as “positively inhuman.” Having emerged from the Terrigen Mists with no useful power other than the ability to read dry texts comfortably on a crowded subway car, he has pursued scholarship for several years, teaching politics at Montclair State University in New Jersey and New York University. He published a number of articles on political economy and democratization in Latin America before being called to join the Defenders. While holding out for an Avengers gig (if Hank Pym can do it, why not him?), he has written essays for Batman and Philosophy, Watchmen and Philosophy, Iron Man and Philosophy, and the forthcoming Spider-Man and Philosophy.
Ruth Tallman is an assistant professor of philosophy at Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida. She has written chapters for other popular philosophy volumes on Sherlock Holmes, the Rolling Stones, and Christmas. She’s not wild about the relationship between Tigra and Hank Pym because it sends the wrong message to impressionable young cats like Hepzibah, the fearless protector of the Southworth-Tallman household.
Andrew Terjesen earned his PhD in philosophy from Duke University and taught for a number of years at Austin College, Washington and Lee University, and Rhodes College. His philosophical interests include moral psychology, early modern philosophy, and the philosophy of law. He also enjoys writing about the intersections of philosophy and pop culture with essays in this series about the X-Men, Watchmen, Iron Man, Green Lantern, Spider-Man, and Superman. Andrew has recently enrolled in law school, but was disappointed that his criminal law professor did not cover the issue of transtemporal jurisdiction in the landmark case of Kang v. Immortus v. Scarlet Centurion v. Rama Tut. (Andrew suspects that the professor is a Skrull.)
Mark D. White is the chair of the Department of Political Science, Economics, and Philosophy at the College of Staten Island/CUNY, where he teaches courses that combine economics, philosophy, and law. He is the author of Kantian Ethics and Economics: Autonomy, Dignity, and Character (Stanford, 2011), and has edited (or coedited) books for the present series on Batman, Watchmen, Iron Man, Green Lantern, and Superman. If he had the Scarlet Witch’s ability to alter reality, he’d make sure he got to edit this book too.
INDEX
From Jarvis’s Secret Files
Alcibiades (Plato)
allegory of the cave
A
merican monomyth
Anscombe, G. E. M.
Ant-Man. See Lang, Scott; O’Grady, Eric; Pym, Henry “Hank”
appreciative-love
Aquinas, Saint Thomas
Arendt, Hannah
Ares
arête,
Aristotle
Asgardians. See also Siege of Asgard
Augustine, Saint
Austin, Terry
Banner, Bruce. See also Hulk
Barnes, Bucky. See also Captain America
Barton, Barney
Barton, Clint. See also Hawkeye
Beetle
Ben, Uncle
Bentham, Jeremy
Bishop, Kate (Hawkeye)
Black Knight (Dane Whitman)
Black Panther
Black Widow. See also Romanova, Natasha
Blonde Phantom
body theory
Bor
Bowie, David
Braddock, Brian (Captain Britain)
Braddock, Elizabeth (Psylocke)
Bradley, Eli (Patriot)
Bradley, Isaiah. See also Captain America
Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
Bullseye
Butler, Bishop Joseph
Byrne, John
Cabal
Cage, Luke (Power Man)
Campbell, Joseph
Captain America
change and
character and
ethics and
forgiveness and
identity and
justice and
political community and
rehabilitation and
self-awareness and
Taoism and
time travel and
Captain Marvel
Carter, Sharon (Agent 13)
cave, allegory of the
Celestials
Chaos King
character
accountability and
childhood experience and
moral exemplarism and
parental responsibility for
rehabilitation and
Cho, Amadeus
Chronology Protection Conjecture
Chthon
Chuang Tzu
closed timelike curves
Collector
Contact (Sagan)
Coogan, Peter
Cooper, Valerie
Crimson Dynamo
Crossfire
Crystal
Daken
Danvers, Carol (Ms. Marvel)
Dark Avengers
change and
justice and
political community and
power and
rehabilitation and
values and
Deadpool
Death
deontology
just war theory and
Derrida, Jacques
Devak
divine gift-love
Doctor Doom
Doctor Strange
doctrine of double effect
Doris, John M.
Dreaming Celestial
Einstein, Albert
Eisenhardt, Magda
Eisenhardt, Max
Eros
Eternity
ethics. See deontology; utilitarianism; virtue ethics
eudaimonia,
Fantastic, Mr. (Reed Richards)
Fantastic Four
Foot, Philippa
Forever Crystal
forgiveness
avenging and
offering
paradox of
predicament of irreversibility and
redemption and
repentance and
third-party forgiveness
unforgivable crime and
Forms (Plato)
Freeman, Duane
Fritz
Frost, Byron
Frost, Loretta
Fury, Nick
Gaea
Galactus
Giant-Man. See also Pym, Henry “Hank”
gift-love
Glaucon
Gödel, Kurt
Goliath. See also Barton, Clint
Gorgias
Grandmaster
Graviton
Green Goblin. See also Osborn, Norman
Gremlin
Gyges, ring of
H.A.M.M.E.R.
Hand, Victoria
Hate (Sire)
Hawkeye
change and
character and
forgiveness and
identity and
justice and
power and
rehabilitation and
Taoism and
values and
See also Barton, Clint
Hawking, Stephen
Heimdall
Hela
Hera
Hercules
hero’s journey
Hill, Maria
Hood
Hulk
Hyde, Mr.
identity
body theory of
justice and
mantle theory of
“psychology” theory of
self-awareness and
values and
Illuminati
Immortus. See also Kang
Invisible Woman (Sue Richards)
Iron Lad. See also Kang
Iron Man. See also Stark, Tony
Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn)
Jameson, J. Jonah
Jarvis
Jenkins, Abner
Jesus
Jewett, Robert
Jones, Jessica
Jones, Rick
Juggernaut
justice
being and
belief and
evil and
identity and
knowledge and
metaphysics and
just war theory
cause and
consequentialism and
justification and
morality and
values and
Kang
Kant, Immanuel
Kirby, Jack
Klaw, Ulysses
Kooky Quartet. See also Captain America; Hawkeye; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch
Kree
Kronos
Lang, Cassie (Stature)
Lang, Scott (Ant-Man)
