Jane Dryden & Mark D. White 
Green Lantern and Philosophy 
No Evil Shall Escape this Book

The first look at the philosophy behind the Green Lantern
comics–timed for the release of the Green Lantern
movie in June 2011

The most recent Green Lantern series–Blackest
Night–propelled GL to be the top-selling comic series for
more than a year, the latest twist in seven decades of Green
Lantern adventures. This book sheds light on the deep philosophical
issues that emerge from the Green Lantern Corps’s stories and
characters, from what Plato’s tale of the Ring of Gyges tells us
about the Green Lantern ring and the desire for power to whether
willpower is the most important strength to who is the greatest
Green Lantern of all time.

* Gives you a new perspective on Green Lantern characters, story
lines, and themes

* Shows what philosophical heavy hitters such as Aristotle,
Descartes, and Kant can teach us about members of the Green Lantern
Corp and their world

* Answers your most pressing Green Lantern questions, including:
What motivates Hal Jordan to be a Green Lantern? Does the Blackest
Night force us to confront old male/female stereotypes? What is the
basis for moral judgment in the Green Lantern Corps? Is Hal Jordan
a murderer?

Whether you’re a new fan or an elder from Oa, Green Lantern
and Philosophy is a must-have companion.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: No Gratitude Shall Escape.

Our Sight.

INTRODUCTION: Welcome to the Corps!

Part One Will and Emotion: The Philosophical
Spectrum.

1The Blackest Night for Aristotle’s Account of Emotions
(Jason Southworth).

2 Flexing the Mental Muscle: Green Lanterns and the Nature of
Willpower (Mark D. White).

3 Women Are from Zamaron, Men Are from Oa (Sarah K. Donovan
and Nicholas P. Richardson).

Part Two Emerald Ethics: It’s Not All Black and
White.

4 Will They Let Just Anybody Join? Testing for Moral
Judgment in Green Lantern Corps (Andrew Terjesen).

5 The Greatest Green Lantern: Aesthetic Admiration and the
Praiseworthy Hero (Jane Dryden).

6 There Should Be No Forgiveness for Hal Jordan (Nicolas
Michaud).

7 Morality, Atonement, and Guilt: Hal Jordan’s Shifting
Motivations (Joseph J. Darowski).

Part Three I’m with Green Lantern: Friends and
Relationships.

8 Hard-Traveling Ethics: Moral Rationalism vs. Moral
Sentimentalism (Andrew Terjesen).

9. ‚I Despise Messiness‘: The Plato-Aristotle Debate
in the Troubled Friendship of Green Lantern and Green Arrow
(Brett Chandler Patterson).

10 Can’t Live With ‚Em, Can’t Live Without
‚Em: Green Lantern, Relationships, and Autonomy (Jane
Dryden).

Part 4. With This Ring, I Thee Swear: Power, Duty, and
Law.

11 The Oaths of Soranik Natu: Can a Doctor Be a Green Lantern?
(Ruth Tallman and Jason Southworth).

12 Crying for Justice: Retributivism for Those Who Worship
Evil’s Might (Mark D. White).

13 Hate Crimes as Terrorism in Brother’s Keeper (Ron
Novy).

14 Ring of Gyges, the Ring of the Green Lantern, and the
Temptation of Power (Adam Barkman).

Part Five Don’t Tell Krona: Metaphysics, Mind and
Time.

15 All For One and One For All: Mogo, the Collective, and
Biological Unity (Leonard Finkelman).

16 Green Mind: The Book of Oa, the Lantern Corps, and
Peirce’s Theory of Communal Mind (Paul R.
Jaissle).

17 Shedding an Emerald Light on Destiny: The problem with Time
Travel (Amy Kind).

Part Six Can Green Lantern Make a Boxing Glove He
Can’s Lift? Powers and Limitations.

18. Another Glove? Green Lantern and the Limits of Imagination
(Daniel P. Malloy).

19. ‚Beware my Power‘: Leibniz and Green Lantern on
God, Omnipotence, and Evil (Carsten Fogh Nielsen).

20. Magic and Science in the Green Lantern Mythos:
Clarke’s Law, the Starheart, and Emotional Energy (Andrew
Zimmerman Jones).

CONTRIBUTORS: Tales of the Philosophy Corps.

INDEX: The Book of Oa.

Über den Autor

Jane Dryden is an assistant professor of philosophy at Mount
Allison University.

Mark D. White is a professor in the Department of
Political Science, Economics, and Philosophy at the College of
Staten Island, CUNY. He coedited Batman and Philosophy and
edited Watchmen and Philosophy and Iron Man and
Philosophy.

William Irwin is a professor of philosophy at King’s
College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He originated the philosophy
and popular culture genre of books as coeditor of the bestselling
The Simpsons and Philosophy and has overseen recent titles
including Batman and Philosophy, House and
Philosophy, and Mad Men and Philosophy.