Philosophy and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Abstract

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements ('Thanks for All the Fish') -- Notes on the Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I Ethics -- 1 'Eat Me': Vegetarianism and Consenting Animals -- 2 Mostly Harmless? Hitchhiker's and the Ethics of Entertainment -- Part II The Meaning of Life -- 3 Life, the Universe, and Absurdity -- 4 The Wowbagger Case: Immortality and What Makes Life Meaningful -- Part III Metaphysics and Artificial Intelligence -- 5 'I Think You Ought to Know I'm Feeling Very Depressed': Marvin and Artificial Intelligence