Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts
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Caesar, Julius
Calvin, John
Campbell, C.A.
Categorical Imperative
Chamber of Secrets
on house-elves
Chang, Cho
character
through actions
through choices
choices, importance of, to character
Christianity
on God
and morality
on ultimate reality
the “climber”
cogito ergo sum
confidence
courage
and confidence, relation between
strategies for
Crabbe
Crouch, Barty Jr.
Cruciatus curse
Dark Arts
Death Eaters
death and immortality in Western culture
Delacour, Fleur
dementors
Descartes, René
Meditations on First Philosophy
Diagon Alley
Dickens, Charles
A Christmas Carol
Diggory, Cedric
discrimination, meanings of
Dobby
Doctrine of the Mean
domination, unacceptable forms of
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Dowling, Colette
Dumbledore, Albus
on death
on indifference, damage of
on Kreacher
on the Mirror of Erised
on money and life, as choices
on prediction
strength of
virtue of
Dursley, Dudley
Dursley, Petunia
jealousy of
self-deception of
Dursley, Vernon
the Dursleys
obsession with normalcy
self-deception of
Edwards, Jonathan
egoism
Einstein, Albert
The Empire Strikes Back
ethical subjectivism
eudaimonia
evil
deceit of
as dehumanizing
as lies
as parasitic
as privation
as self-destructive
weakness of
the Experience Machine
danger of
limits of
fantasy-worlds, spatio-temporal relations of
fatalism
Fidelius Charm
Figg, Mrs.
Filch, Argus
Firenze
Flamel, Nicholas
Flanders, Ned
Floo powder
flying car
freedom/free will
and causal determinism
challenges to
and divine foreknowledge
paranormal challenge to
and prophetic foreknowledge
reconciling with foreknowledge
religious challenge to
scientific challenge to
friends, types of
friendship
full sense of
moral effects of
Fudge, Cornelius
self-deception of
Gandhi, Mohandas K.
Gates, Bill
Goblet of Fire
Hagrid in
Harry in
Hermione in
house-elves in
Quidditch in
Triwizard Tournament in
Voldemort in
Goleman, Daniel
Vital Lies, Simple Truths
Goyle
Granger, Hermione
as ambitious
based on Rowling
equality of
hard work of
on house-elves
independence of
key role of
logic ability of
moral maturity of
rescuing others
Gryffindor House
Hagrid
character of
friends of
and Harry, friendship between
happiness, achieving
hard determinists
Harry. See Potter, Harry
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. See also The Sorcerer’s Stone
Harry Potter stories
as alternate reality
conferences on
controversy about
disapproved actions in, types of
discrimination in
divination in
equality in
ethics in, of magic
evil in
fatalism in
female characters in
friendship in
good and evil in
honesty in
magic in
magical places in, location of
moral complexity in
and moral relativism, issue of
and occultism concerns
power of love in
rule-breaking in
self-sacrifice in
time travel in
Hegel, G.W.F.
Hermione. See Granger, Hermione
Hogwarts
co-education at
as coordinated with Muggle
world
houses of
location of
and Narnia, difference between
virtues at
Homer
honesty, advantage of
Hospers, John
house-elves
enslavement of
indifference to
Hufflepuff House
Hume, David
on personal identity
A Treatise of Human Nature
imagination, importance of
Imperius Curse
James, William
The Varieties of Religious Experience
jealousy
Johnson, Angelina
Kant, Immanuel
Kierkegaard, Søren
Concluding Unscientific Postscript
King, Martin Luther
the Knight Bus
knowledge
types of
Kreacher
Land of Oz
“leap of faith”
Legilimency
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm
Discourse on Metaphysics
Lestrange, Bellatrix
Lewis, C.S.
Chronicles of Narnia
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
libertarians
literature, and morality, connection between
Locke, John
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Lockhart, Gilderoy
Longbottom, Neville
courage of
as friend
love, as deepest reality
Lovegood, Luna
Lupin, Professor
Luther, Martin
lying, moral rule against
Mackie, J.L.
Mad-Eye Moody
magic
and applied science, analogy
between
natural
and science, connection between
Malfoy, Draco
friends of
Marietta
The Matrix (movie)
Maugham, W. Somerset
Sheppey
Mavrodes, George
McGonagall, Professor Minerva
metaphysics
Middle-earth
Mill, John Stuart
Mirror of Erised
authenticity problems of
limits of
morality
in Christianity
and self-interest
moral obligations, and God
moral relativism
Morris, Tom
Munch, Edvard
The Scream
Narnia
naturalism
as amoral
Nearly Headless Nick
Neville. See Longbottom, Neville
&n
bsp; Newton, Sir Isaac
Nietzsche, Friedrich
Nozick, Robert
Nussbaum, Martha
Nyberg, David
The Unvarnished Truth
Occlumency
Order of the Phoenix
on death
dementors in
Dumbledore in
Gilderoy in
Harry in
Hermione in
Kreacher in
Mrs. Weasley in
Snape in
Unforgivable Curses in
Padma
Paracelsus
Parfit, Derek
Reasons and Persons
Parkinson, Pansy
Parvati
Peirce, C.S.
Pensieve
personal identity, questions of
Pettigrew, Peter
Philosopher’s Stone. See also Sorcerer’s Stone
The Philosopher’s Stone. See also The Sorcerer’s Stone
Pinnock, Clark
Plank, Professor Grubbly
Platform Nine and Three-Quarters
Plato
Gorgias
Polyjuice Potion
Pomfrey, Madame
positive illusions
question of evidence for
Potter, Harry
ambition of
bravery of
character of
courage of
strategies for
and dementors
fear in
and Hagrid, freindship between
honesty of
and Mirror of Erised
mother’s love of
and Pensieve
and Ron, as friends
seeing through Voldemort’s eyes
step of faith
in Triwizard Tournament
Potter, James
Potter, Lily
prejudice
as destructive to society
wrongness of
Prisoner of Azkaban
Hermione in
as movie
time travel in
psychological reality
Quidditch, women in
Quirrell, Professor
Rand, Ayn
Ravenclaw House
reincarnation
religious faith, and imagination
Riddikulus! charm
Riddle, Tom
Ring of Gyges
Rowling, J.K.. See also under individual titles; Harry Potter stories
Russell, Bertrand
Sartre, Jean-Paul
self-deception
arguments for
dangers of
of the Dursleys
role of
Shacklebolt, Kingsley
Ship of Theseus
Skeeter, Rita
skepticism, danger of
Skinner, B.F.
Skywalker, Luke
“slacker”
Sliders (TV show)
Slytherin House
ambition in
virtue of
Snape, Severus
as ambitious
Socrates
soft determinists
Solomon, Robert C.
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander
Sorcerer’s Stone. See also Philosopher’s Stone
The Sorcerer’s Stone
the Dursleys in
Hermione in
Neville in
Snape in
Sorting Hat in
Voldemort in
Sorting Hat
S.P.E.W. (Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare)
Sprout, Professor
Star Trek
Stevenson, Ian
teletransportation, and personal identity
Theodoric, King
Thorndike, Lynn
History of Magic and Experimental Science
time
tensed view of
tenseless theory of
time travel
causal loops in
Tin Woodman
Tolkien, J.R.R.
Lord of the Rings
Tonks, Nymphadora
traditional morality, assumptions of
Trelawney, Sibyll
Triwizard Tournament
truth
coherence theory of
correspondence theory of
pragmatic account
Twain, Mark
Huckleberry Finn
Twelve Monkeys (film)
Umbridge, Delores
the Unforgivable Curses
universalizable acts
Vader, Darth
virtue(s)
at Hogwarts
and magic
virtuous character
criteria of
Voldemort
appearance, of
character, of
dehumanizing of
disembodied survival of
as evil
friendships with, as corrupt
greatness of
lies of
as parasite
on power
sacrificing others
weakness of
Weasley, Arthur (Mr.)