| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series |
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Blackwell philosophy and popculture series.
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| Contents |
Sympathy for the devils : free will and Dungeons & Dragons / Greg Littmann -- Paragons and knaves : does good character make for a Good character? / J.K. Miles and Karington Hess -- Is anyone actually Chaotic Evil? : a playable theory of willful wrongdoing / Neil Mussett -- Save vs. death : some reflections on the lifecycle of PCs / Christopher Robichaud -- To my other self : reflection and existentialism in Dungeons & Dragons / Rob Crandall and Charles Taliaferro -- Player-character is what you are in the dark : the phenomenology of immersion in Dungeons & Dragons / William J. White -- Imagination and creation : the morality of fiction in Dungeons & Dragons / Robert A. Feldino and Jerome C. Hillock -- Dungeonmastery as soulcraft / Ben Dyer -- Menzoberranzan : a perfect unjust state / Matt Hummel -- Who Is Raistlin Majere? / Kevin McCain -- Expediency and expendability : an exhumation of the morality of necromancy / Matthew Jones and Ashley Brown -- By friendship or force : is it ethical to summon animals to fight by your side in Dungeons & Dragons? / Samantha Holl -- "Kill her, kill her! Oh God, I'm sorry!" : spectating Dungeons & Dragons / Esther MacCallum-Stewart -- Berserker in a skirt : sex and gender in Dungeons & Dragons / Shannon M. Mussett -- "Others play at dice" : friendship and Dungeons & Dragons / Jeffery L. Nicholas |
| Summary |
Do demons and devils have free will? Does justice exist in Menzoberranzan? What's the morality involved with player characters casting necromancy and summoning spells? Dungeons & Dragons and Philosophy probes the rich terrain of philosophically compelling concepts and ideas that underlie Dungeons & Dragons, the legendary fantasy role-playing game that grew into a world-wide cultural phenomenon. A series of accessible essays reveals what the imaginary worlds of D & D can teach us about ethics, morality, metaphysics and more. Illustrates a wide variety of philosophical concepts and ideas that ar |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Dungeons and Dragons (Game)
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Philosophy.
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Philosophy
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philosophy.
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GAMES -- Board.
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Dungeons and Dragons (Game)
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Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Robichaud, Christopher, editor.
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| LC no. |
2014022470 |
| ISBN |
9781118397640 |
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1118397649 |
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9781118921159 |
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1118921151 |
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9781118921166 |
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111892116X |
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1306939321 |
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9781306939324 |
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