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By Joseph J. Foy

SpongeBob SquarePants and Philosophy is designed to introduce lovers of SpongeBob SquarePants to a few of the nice thinkers and questions in philosophy. The essays may be shared via old and young alike, kindling new curiosity in philosophy and life’s colossal questions. What retains SpongeBob "reeling in" significant audiences each day is that beneath the lighthearted and eccentric external are the seeds of long-standing and demanding philosophical discussions approximately id and the self, our duties towards others, advantages and tensions of the person in group, rules of and environmental ethics, and questions of simply how precisely Jack Kahuna Laguna can construct a hearth on the backside of the sea. (Okay, so maybe we don’t have a solution for that final one, yet might be when you investigate that fireplace lengthy adequate the reply might be revealed.)

The e-book starts with a piece exploration of the main characters of the sequence. to start, Nicole Pramik makes use of the philosophies of Aristotle to illustrate why SpongeBob, greater than the other personality within the sequence, is outlined via a lifetime of future health and flourishing. In bankruptcy , Timothy Dunn presents an evaluate of SpongeBob’s ally, Patrick celebrity, utilizing the writings of J.S. Mill to invite if the lifetime of easy pleasures optimal to the lifetime of the brain, whereas in bankruptcy 3 Natasha Liebig makes use of the German pessimist philosophers to bare what it capacity to reside the lifetime of Squidward Q. Tentacles. bankruptcy 4 makes use of the competing philosophies of Ayn Rand and Karl Marx to judge the activities of SpongeBob’s boss, Mr. Eugene Krabs, whereas in bankruptcy 5 Denise Du Vernay explains how Sandy Cheeks deals a model of feminism that breaks down conventional assumptions approximately masculine and female identification and repackages them into positive and empowering messages for teenagers. Concluding this component to the ebook, Nicholas Michaud makes use of the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche to invite us re-evaluate our trust that SpongeBob and his acquaintances are by some means heroic by means of giving us perception into the "will to power" held via the strong little protozoan, Plankton.

part of the booklet is devoted to exploring the neighborhood of Bikini backside, beginning with Shaun Young’s exam of Bikini backside as a illustration of assorted theories of the simply nation. In bankruptcy 8, Nathan Zook appears into no matter if we would research anything approximately theories of democracy and political participation from an election among SpongeBob and Squidward for “Royal Krabby,” whereas in bankruptcy 9 Adam Barkman makes use of the writings of Dante Alighieri to evaluate the monarchal rule of King Neptune. bankruptcy ten makes use of the criminal philosophies of thinkers like Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, John Rawls, and David Hume to respond to no matter if Mr. Krabs has the correct philosophical foundation upon which to say someone correct to own and take advantage of the key Krabby Patty formulation. bankruptcy 11 then takes us to the pristine Jellyfish Fields the place Greg Ahrenhoerster makes use of literary naturalism and the works of transcendentalist thinkers to envision environmental ethics and an individual’s duties to shared resources.

The 3rd and ultimate part makes use of SpongeBob to discover mental and clinical questions that glide round less than the ocean. In bankruptcy twelve, Katie Anderson makes use of the episode "Sleepy Time" to discover Cartesian ideas regarding the philosophical questions that try to distinguish among goals and truth, and in bankruptcy 13 Robert Kincaid keeps the exam into philosophical matters on the topic of the brain through the use of SpongeBob, Squidward, and Patrick to narrate the theories of Sigmund Freud. bankruptcy fourteen is devoted to an creation into the philosophy of technology by means of Wilson González-Espada, and Robert Vuckovich concludes the amount with an essay on SpongeBob’s insatiable thirst for wisdom within the episode "The mystery Box."

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They enjoy separate quarters, home-cooked meals, and wine with dinner. Henry tells us: “When you think of prison, you get pictures in your mind from the old movies of rows of guys behind bars. But it wasn’t like that for wiseguys. It really wasn’t that bad. . Everybody else in the joint was doin’ real time all mixed together living like pigs, but we lived alone. ” Henry has virtually free reign to do what he wishes, and he becomes connected, respected, and affluent doing so. He breaks the law and practices immoral behavior largely without consequence.

Jimmy Conway may be a prime example of someone whose spirited element serves his appetitive element rather than his rational element. After all, no wiseguy is more tenacious in obtaining contraband. As Henry tells us early on: “What Jimmy really loved to do was steal. ” On the other hand, Plato also suggests that the spirited element can exert its power against both the appetitive and the rational elements. For example, he claims that the spirited element explains why some people are simply stubborn or ill-tempered.

There is no evidence that any of them desire to act justly but can’t owing to being enslaved by their respective appetitive or spirited elements. Rather, Henry seemingly wants to sell drugs, Jimmy seemingly loves to steal, and Tommy seemingly revels in being hot tempered. Therefore, the objection continues, because it seems that imbalanced persons (in Plato’s sense) do not necessarily suffer from psychological conflict or turmoil, it is not necessarily the case that they are any less happy than the perfectly harmonious and just person.

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