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<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\nCall for Abstracts<\/i><\/b><\/h1>\nThe Good Place and Philosophy<\/i><\/b><\/h1>\nEdited by Kimberly S. Engels<\/i><\/b><\/h1>\nThe Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n
Please circulate and post widely.<\/i><\/p>\n
Apologies for cross\u00a0posting.<\/i><\/p>\n
To propose ideas for future volumes in the Blackwell series please contact the Series Editor, William Irwin, at\u00a0williamirwin@kings.edu<\/a><\/u><\/p>\nIf you have comments or criticisms for the series, please contact the series editor after reading\u00a0\u201cFancy Taking a Pop?\u201d<\/a><\/u>\u00a0and \u00a0\u201cWriting for the Reader: A Defense of Philosophy and Popular Culture Books\u201d<\/a><\/u><\/p>\nAbstracts and subsequent essays should be philosophically substantial but accessible, written to engage the intelligent lay reader. Contributors of accepted essays will receive an honorarium.<\/p>\n
Possible themes and topics might include, but are not limited to, the following:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Moral heroism: Michael\u2019s solution to the Trolley Problem; Snowplowing circumstances: Michael\u2019s interventions and moral luck; Chidi and Eleanor\u2019s forgotten love: the role of memory in personal identity; Conspicuously absent care ethics: Chidi\u2019s ethics silent on care; Call me \u2018Donkey Dad\u2019: Can you be good without good parents?; What the fork? What makes swearing wrong?; Janet and Jason: Can AI feel love?; Destined for the Bad Place? Fatalism and moral futility;\u00a0Your best self: Is moral growth possible?; Virtue for virtue\u2019s sake: ethics without rewards; Forcett\u2019s self-sacrifice: Does your own happiness matter for morality?; Soul Squad in dire straits: Nietzsche\u2019s Eternal Return of the Same;\u00a0Marshmallow chili: Chidi\u2019s nihilism; Free will, responsibility, and the Bad Place: Does it matter if the humans can do otherwise;\u00a0Cartesian Meditations: Skepticism and the Good Place; \u201cWhere\u201d does the Good Place exist?; Janet\u2019s omniscience: Internalism or externalism?;\u00a0\u00a0Are all humans\u2019 actions causally determined?;\u00a0The \u201cself\u201d within the reboots; To Be a Human: Does Janet know what it is like?; Possible worlds and the Good Place: Is each earthly timeline equally \u201creal\u201d?;\u00a0Time in the Good Place: Can time pass without change?\u00a0Conceptions of the afterlife: The Good Place and religious tradition; Gender and The Good Place: the portrayal of female characters; The meaning of death and dying: why are we here?<\/p>\n
*This volume has its roots in a meeting of the North American Sartre Society, which included\u00a0the creator of\u00a0The Good Place<\/i>, Michael Schur, and a philosophical advisor to\u00a0The Good Place<\/i>, Todd May. Michael Schur, Todd May, and\u00a0Pamela Hieronymi\u00a0will be contributing to the volume, as will several members of\u00a0the North American Sartre Society. Thus, we aren\u2019t in need of submissions on Sartrean existentialism.<\/p>\n
Submission Guidelines:<\/p>\n
1. Submission deadline for abstracts (300-500 words) and CVs:\u00a0April 2, 2019.<\/p>\n
2. Submission deadline for drafts of accepted papers:\u00a0July 2, 2019.<\/p>\n
Kindly submit by e-mail (with or without Word attachment) to:\u00a0kimberlysengels@gmail.com<\/p>\n
Of related interest: The Good Place, Job, and the Power of Fables<\/a>:<\/p>\nThe Power of Fables: The Good Place and Job for Ordinary Time<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Good Place and Philosophy<\/i><\/b><\/h1>\nEdited by Kimberly S. Engels<\/i><\/b><\/h1>\nThe Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n
The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n
If you have comments or criticisms for the series, please contact the series editor after reading\u00a0\u201cFancy Taking a Pop?\u201d<\/a><\/u>\u00a0and \u00a0\u201cWriting for the Reader: A Defense of Philosophy and Popular Culture Books\u201d<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n Abstracts and subsequent essays should be philosophically substantial but accessible, written to engage the intelligent lay reader. Contributors of accepted essays will receive an honorarium.<\/p>\n Possible themes and topics might include, but are not limited to, the following:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Moral heroism: Michael\u2019s solution to the Trolley Problem; Snowplowing circumstances: Michael\u2019s interventions and moral luck; Chidi and Eleanor\u2019s forgotten love: the role of memory in personal identity; Conspicuously absent care ethics: Chidi\u2019s ethics silent on care; Call me \u2018Donkey Dad\u2019: Can you be good without good parents?; What the fork? What makes swearing wrong?; Janet and Jason: Can AI feel love?; Destined for the Bad Place? Fatalism and moral futility;\u00a0Your best self: Is moral growth possible?; Virtue for virtue\u2019s sake: ethics without rewards; Forcett\u2019s self-sacrifice: Does your own happiness matter for morality?; Soul Squad in dire straits: Nietzsche\u2019s Eternal Return of the Same;\u00a0Marshmallow chili: Chidi\u2019s nihilism; Free will, responsibility, and the Bad Place: Does it matter if the humans can do otherwise;\u00a0Cartesian Meditations: Skepticism and the Good Place; \u201cWhere\u201d does the Good Place exist?; Janet\u2019s omniscience: Internalism or externalism?;\u00a0\u00a0Are all humans\u2019 actions causally determined?;\u00a0The \u201cself\u201d within the reboots; To Be a Human: Does Janet know what it is like?; Possible worlds and the Good Place: Is each earthly timeline equally \u201creal\u201d?;\u00a0Time in the Good Place: Can time pass without change?\u00a0Conceptions of the afterlife: The Good Place and religious tradition; Gender and The Good Place: the portrayal of female characters; The meaning of death and dying: why are we here?<\/p>\n *This volume has its roots in a meeting of the North American Sartre Society, which included\u00a0the creator of\u00a0The Good Place<\/i>, Michael Schur, and a philosophical advisor to\u00a0The Good Place<\/i>, Todd May. Michael Schur, Todd May, and\u00a0Pamela Hieronymi\u00a0will be contributing to the volume, as will several members of\u00a0the North American Sartre Society. Thus, we aren\u2019t in need of submissions on Sartrean existentialism.<\/p>\n Submission Guidelines:<\/p>\n 1. Submission deadline for abstracts (300-500 words) and CVs:\u00a0April 2, 2019.<\/p>\n 2. Submission deadline for drafts of accepted papers:\u00a0July 2, 2019.<\/p>\n Kindly submit by e-mail (with or without Word attachment) to:\u00a0kimberlysengels@gmail.com<\/p>\n Of related interest: The Good Place, Job, and the Power of Fables<\/a>:<\/p>\n The Power of Fables: The Good Place and Job for Ordinary Time<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n