Ted Lasso and Philosophy : No Question Is Into Touch

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
A Taste of Athens
Part I Do the Right-EST ThinG
	Chapter 1 On the Pitch with Saint Augustine
		What Is Love?
		The Ordo Amoris in Ted Lasso
		Worship at Crystal Palace
		Saints and Scamps
		Ted Lasso: The Father We Never Had
		Notes
	Chapter 2 Isaac Finds His Flow
		The Dao of Isaac
		“Do without Ado,” McAdoo!
		Barbers, Butchers, and Football Players, or “Football Is Life!”
		How to Cook a Small Fish
		Notes
	Chapter 3 Ted Talk, Precursive Faith, and the Ethics of Belief
		Belief in Belief
		The Ethics of Belief
		Precursive Faith
		Gotta Look Right
		Faith and Practice
		Rightness, Religion, and Relations
		Notes
	Chapter 4 Is Ted an Egoist?
		The Nature of Enlightened Egoism
		Is Ted Lasso an Egoist?
		Time to Face the Press
		Notes
Part II The Best Versions of Ourselves
	Chapter 5 Fear’s a Lot Like Underwear
		Like Riding a Horse
		Let’s Get Started, Shall We?
		They Really Should Write Songs About It
		A Longer Run Than He Thinks
		Onward, Forward
		Notes
	Chapter 6 Lassoing Aristotle
		A Bad Start for Rebecca, Nate, Roy, and Jamie
		Immorality  Loneliness  Misery
		Best Version of Ourselves
		Princess and Dragon
		You Complete Our Team
		Jamie Less Tart
		Self-Love and Self-Loathing in Richmond
		A Work in Progmess
		Notes
	Chapter 7 Ted Lasso’s Personal Dilemma Squad
		Personal Metaphorical Saint Bernard
		The Lasso Way
		Best Versions of What?
		The Knights of Support
		A Team United
		Notes
	Chapter 8 The Affable Gaffer
		Seems Mighty Fragile
		The Power of Friendship
		Three Amigos
		Hire Your Best Friend?
		Friendly Bantr
		The Lasso Way
		Notes
Part III Man City
	Chapter 9 Poop in the Punchbowl
		The Anatomy of BS
		The Good Guys of Ted Lasso
		Portrait of a BS Artist As an Old Man
		A Yardstick for Growth
		Notes
	Chapter 10 Doing Masculinity Better
		I Want to Torture Rupert
		Success Is Not About the Wins and Losses
		Between the Goal Posts
		Missing the Mark
		Time to Woman Up
		Doing the Right Thing Is Never the Wrong Thing
		Notes
	Chapter 11 Inverting the Gender Pyramid
		Playing a Man Down
		Perhaps Not an Oasis
		Suffering Is Necessary
		Be Curious, Not Judgmental
		Holding On to Your Manhood
		Inverting the Pyramid the Richmond Way
		Notes
	Chapter 12 Who Is Right, Ted or Beard?
		Winning Is the Only Thing
		The Lasso Way
		The New Lasso Way
		The Answer
		Notes
Part IV Mostly Football Is Life
	Chapter 13 Amplifying Emotion and Warmth at Richmond
		“Strange” by Celeste
		“Wise Up” by Aimee Mann
		“Piano Joint” by Michael Kiwanuka
		“She’s a Rainbow” by The Rolling Stones
		“Roy Walk Off” by Marcus Mumford and Tom Howe
		“Spiegel im Spiegel”14 (Arvo Pärt) by Nick and Becka Mohammed
		The “Ted Lasso Theme” by Marcus Mumford and Tom Howe
		Notes
	Chapter 14 Is This Indeed All a Simulation?
		Could This All Be a Simulation?
		Bostrom’s Simulation Questions
		Bostrom’s Simulation Equation (Without the Math)
		Is Led Tasso Real?
		Tipping Coach Beard’s Cap
		Notes
	Chapter 15 Kansas City Candide Meets Compassionate Camus
		Rom-Communism1
		Candide
		Principle of Sufficient Reason
		Greater Goods Theodicy
		Problems with Panglossian Optimism
		Can Don’t
		The Plague
		Affirmative Atheism
		Hope Is Suicidal
		A Strange Hope
		One Is the Loneliest Number
		Belief in the Collective
		No “I” In Team
		Notes
	Chapter 16 Ted’s Chestertonian Optimism
		Inverting the Pyramid
		Chesterton’s Relentless Delight
		Believe in What, Exactly?
		An Adequate Foundation
		Notes
Part V Smells Like Potential
	Chapter 17 What To Do with Tough Cookies
		A Salty Bunch
		Trent Crimm, The Independent
		Cover-Up Revealed
		Looking for Something Deeper
		Notes
	Chapter 18 Stoic Bossgirl
		Slacker or Stoic?
		The Have-It-All Generation
		Rebecca aka da Boss
		Girlboss Mentor
		Being the Boss on Bantr
		Soccer Mom
		Notes
	Chapter 19 Why a Headbutt Might Have Hurt Nate Less
		Life’s Most Complicated Shape
		Change Is Scary
		All Apologies
		Can You Make Me Famous?
		Nate the Great
		The Hope That Kills You
		Notes
	Chapter 20 Is Rupert Beyond Redemption?
		Maybe We’ll Turn It Around
		Reverse the Curse
		Being Accountable Matters
		The Dark Forest
		Like a JIF (Or Is It GIF?)
		Every Choice Is a Chance
		Notes
Beard’s Bookshelf
Starting Lineup
Index
EULA