John Wiley & Sons, Sachbücher, Black Mirror and Philosophy (Englisch, David Kyle, Irwin Johnson, 2020)

Contibutors xi The Black Mirror Multiverse: An Editor's Note xxiii Introduction 1 Black Mirror: What Science Fiction Does Best 3 David Kyle Johnson, with Leander P. Marquez, and Sergio Urueña Season 1 9 1 The National Anthem and Weighing Moral Obligations: Is It Ever OK to F*ck a Pig? 11 Brian J. Collins with Brandon Boesch 2 Fifteen Million Merits and Fighting Capitalism: How Can We Resist? 20 Chris Byron with Matthew Brake 3 The Entire History of You and Knowing Too Much: Should You Want the Grain? 29 Gregor Balke and Bart Engelen Season 2 39 4 Be Right Back and Rejecting Tragedy: Would You Bring Back Your Deceased Loved One? 41 Bradley Richards 5 White Bear and Criminal Punishment: How Far is too Far? 50 Sid Simpson with Chris Lay 6 The Waldo Moment and Political Discourse: What's Wrong with Disrespect in Politics? 59 Greg Littmann The Christmas Special 69 7 White Christmas and Technological Restraining Orders: Are Digital Blocks Ethical? 71 Cansu Canca and Laura Haaber Ihle Season 3 81 8 Nosedive and the Anxieties of Social Media: Is the Future Already Here? 83 Sergio Urueña and Nonna Melikyan 9 Playtest and the Power of Virtual Reality: Are Our Fears Real? 92 Claire Benn 10 Shut Up and Dance and Vigilante Justice: Should We Ever Take the Law into Our Own Hands? 101 Juliele Maria Sievers and Luiz Henrique da Silva Santos 11 San Junipero and the Digital Afterlife: Could Heaven be a Place on Earth? 109 James Cook 12 Men Against Fire and Political Manipulation: How Are We Tricked into Dehumanizing Others? 118 Bertha Alvarez Manninen 13 Hated in the Nation and #DeathTo: What are the Consequences of Trial by Twitter? 128 Aline Maya Season 4 141 14 USS Callister and Non-Player Characters: How Should We Act in Video Games? 143 Russ Hamer with Steven Gubka 15 Arkangel and Parental Surveillance: What are a Parent's Obligations? 151 Catherine Villanueva Gardner with Alexander Christian 16 Crocodile and the Ethics of Self Preservation: How Far is Too Far? 160 Darci Doll 17 Hang the DJ and Digital Dating: Should We Use Computers to Help Us Find Mates? 168 Skye C. Cleary and Massimo Pigliucci 18 Metalhead and Technophobia: How Dangerous Will Robots Be? 177 Scott Midson with Justin Donhauser 19 Black Museum and Righting Wrongs: Should We Seek Revenge? 187 Gregory L. Bock, Jeffrey L. Bock, and Kora Smith Bandersnatch 197 20 Bandersnatch: A Choose-Your-Own Philosophical Adventure 199 Chris Lay and David Kyle Johnson Season 5 239 21 Striking Vipers and Closed Doors: How Meaningful Are Sexual Fantasies? 241 Darren M. Slade 22 Smithereens and the Economy of Attention: Are We All Dopamine Addicts? 251 Pierluca D'Amato 23 Empathy, Emulation and Ashley Too: Can a Robot Be a Friend? 260 George A. Dunn Black Mirror Reflections 271 24 Consciousness Technology in Black Mirror: Do Cookies Feel Pain? 273 David Gamez with David Kyle Johnson 25 Personal Identity in Black Mirror: Is Your Cookie You? 282 Molly Gardner and Robert Sloane 26 Death in Black Mirror: How Should We Deal with Our Mortality? 292 Edwardo Pérez and Sergio Genovesi 27 Love in Black Mirror: Who Do We Really Love? 301 Robert Grant Price 28 Perception in Black Mirror: Who Controls What You See? 311 Brian Stiltner and Anna Vaughn 29 The Dangers of Technology in Black Mirror: A Dialogue between Uploaded Dead Philosophers 320 Ben Springett with Luiz Adriano Borges Conclusion 333 30 Black Mirror in the Future: Will We Still be Watching? 335 Geoffrey A. Mitelman Appendix: How to Use This Book in the Classroom 338 Index 340.