THE GOOD PLACE AND PHILOSOPHY

u003cpu003eu003cbu003eDive into the moral philosophy at the heart of all four seasons of NBC’s u003ciu003eThe Good Placeu003c/iu003e, guided by academic experts including the show’s philosophical consultants Pamela Hieronymi and Todd May, and featuring a foreword from creator and showrunner Michael Schuru003c/bu003e u003c/pu003e u003culu003e u003cliu003eExplicitly dedicated to the philosophical concepts, questions, and fundamental ethical dilemmas at the heart of the thoughtful and ambitious NBC sitcom u003ciu003eThe Good Placeu003c/iu003eu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eNavigates the murky waters of moral philosophy in more conceptual depth to call into question what Chidi’s ethics lessons—and the show—get right about learning to be a good personu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eFeatures contributions from u003ciu003eThe Good Placeu003c/iu003e’s philosophical consultants, Pamela Hieronymi and Todd May, and introduced by the show’s creator and showrunner Michael Schur (u003ciu003eParks and Recreationu003c/iu003e, u003ciu003eThe Officeu003c/iu003e)u003c/liu003e u003cliu003eEngages classic philosophical questions, including the clash between utilitarianism and deontological ethics in the “Trolley Problem,” Kant’s categorical imperative, Sartre’s nihilism, and T.M Scanlon's contractualismu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eExplores themes such as death, love, moral heroism, free will, responsibility, artificial intelligence, fatalism, skepticism, virtue ethics, perception, and the nature of autonomy in the surreal heaven-like afterlife of the Good Placeu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eLed by Kimberly S. Engels, co-editor of u003ciu003eWestworld and Philosophy u003c/iu003eu003c/liu003e u003c/ulu003e u003cpu003e u003c/pu003e