Alien and Philosophy

Title Page
 Copyright Page
 Contents
 Contributors: In Space, No One Can Hear Them Scream
 Introduction: A Word of Warning ... 
 Part I Identity and Moral Considerability: \"We Made You Because We Could\"
 Chapter 1 \"No Man Needs Nothing\": The Possibility of Androids as Lockean Persons in Alien and Prometheus 
 \"Well, I guess that\'s because I\'m a human being, and you\'re a robot\"
 \"Technological, intellectual, physical ... emotional\"
 \"The trick, William Potter, is not minding it hurts\"
 \"I repeat, all other priorities rescinded\"
 \"There is nothing in the desert, and no man needs nothing\"
 Notes. Chapter 2 Androids: Artificial Persons or Glorified Toasters? \"He was programmed to protect human life\"
 Autonomy
 \"Because pain hurts\"
 Agents and Patients
 \"It\'s a robot! A goddamn droid!\"
 Notes
 Chapter 3 \"All Other Priorities Are Rescinded\": The Moral Status of Employees in the Alien Franchise 
 You Will Get What You Deserve
 Employees are Stakeholders
 In Space No One Can Hear You Scream
 This is Rumor Control. Here are the Facts!
 Notes
 Part II Ethics: \"I Don\'t Know Which Species is Worse\"
 Chapter 4 Disposable Assets: Weyland-Yutani\'s Special Brew of Business Ethics. Greedy as a Space Pig\"I work for the Company, but I\'m really an OK guy\"
 Special Order 937-Crew Expendable
 Chapter 5 Corporate Greed and Alien/ation: Marx vs. Weyland-Yutani 
 To Have and to Consume
 Work: The Alien Plague
 The Real Enemy: Pure Capitalists
 The End of History?
 Notes
 Chapter 6 The Public and its Alien Problem
 Alien as Political Dystopia
 Politics as a Science?
 Aliens: Transforming the Social into the Economic
 Hope for the Future
 Notes
 Chapter 7 Cross My Heart and Hope to Die: Why Ripley Must Save Newt 
 \"My name\'s \'Newt\'\" \"Those two specimens are worth millions to the bioweapons division\"Jaws in Space
 \"A survivor\"
 \"Standard procedure is to do what the hell they tell you to do\"
 \"Why don\'t you put her in charge?\"
 \"You don\'t need me. I\'m not a soldier\"
 \"Oh, yeah. Sure. With those things running around?\"
 \"I don\'t want to hear about it, Bishop. She\'s alive. There\'s still time!\"
 Not Bad, for a [Wo]man
 Notes
 Part III Moral Psychology: \"Unclouded by Conscience, Remorse, or Delusions of Mortality\"
 Chapter 8 Nuking the Colony to Save It: Colonial Marines and Just Wars 
 When Aliens Stop Being Polite. The Burkian DialogueStill Searching for Answers
 From Vietnam to Space
 Easing Back on the APC\'s Throttle
 Notes
 Chapter 9 Xenomorphs and the Benefits of Exposure to Violence as Education
 Hadley\'s Hope and Plato\'s Republic
 Newt the Apprentice Guardian
 Newt is Hardened Like an Egg
 Should Your Child Watch Aliens?
 Notes
 Chapter 10 Alien, Alienation, and Alien Nation
 Alien
 Alienation
 Alien Nation
 Notes
 Part IV Horror: \"They Mostly Come at Night\"
 Chapter 11 Terror from the Stars: Alien as Lovecraftian Horror 
 How to Frighten People
 Keeping it Real as Aliens Attack.