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For generations the elements of humor, poignancy, fantasy, and unfettered morality found within acclaimed children's author Roald Dahl's most famous tales have captivated both children and adults. Classics like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Matilda, and The BFG may initially appear to be yarns spun for the amusement of the adolescent mind, however, upon digging deeper one uncovers a treasure trove of philosophical richness that is anything but childish, but in fact reveals the true existential weight, and multi-layered meaning of some of our favorite children's stories. Editor Jacob M. Held has collected the insights of today's leading philosophers into the significances, messages, and greater truths at which Dahl's rhythmic writing winks, revealing a whole new way to appreciate the creation of a man and mind to which readers of all ages are still drawn.
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Ethics & Moral PhilosophyTable of contents
- Title Page
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Epicurus and the Chocolate Factory
- On Getting Our Just Desserts
- Matilda, Existentialist Superhero
- The Existential Journey of James Henry Trotter
- Of Mice and (Posthu)Man
- “Who Is This Crazy Man?”
- “He Will Be Altered Quite a Bit”
- Matilda and the Philosophy of Education
- Shattering the Glass Elevator
- The Fantastically Just Mr. Fox
- Willy Wonka and the Imperial Chocolate Factory
- George’s Marvelous Medicine , or, What Should We Do about Global Hunger?
- Crodswoggle, Flushbunking, and All Things Friendship in The BFG
- Charlie and the Nightmare Factory
- Brimful of Buzzburgers
- Dewey’s Marvelous Medicine
- Notes
- Index
- Twits, Witches, and Dirty Beasts: Author Biographies
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