Serial killers & philosophy
Subtitle: being and killing
By: edited by S. Waller.
Contributors: Waller, S.
Series: Philosophy for everyone
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Malden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9781405199636
Subjects: Serial murderers -- Psychology; Psychology, Pathological
Other titles: Serial killers and philosophy
Description: 'Serial Killers: Philosophy for Everyone' investigates our profound intrigue with mass-murderers. Exploring existential, ethical and political questions through an examination of real and fictional serial killers, philosophy comes alive via an exploration of grisly death.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: meditations on murder, or what is so philosophical about serial killers? / S. Waller and William E. Deal; title: Man is the most dangerous animal of all : a philosophical gaze into the writings of the Zodiac Killer / Andrew M. Winters; title: A philosophy of serial killing : Sade, Nietzsche, and Brady at the gates of Janus / David Schmid; title: The situation of the jury : attribution bias in the trials of accused serial killers / Mark Alfano; title: Serial killers as practical moral skeptics : a history with interviews / Amanda Howard; title: Are psychopathic serial killers evil? Are they blameworthy for what they do? / Manuel Vargas; title: Sympathy for the devil : can a serial killer ever be good? / Matthew Brophy; title: The allure of the serial killer / Eric Dietrich and Tara Fox Hall; title: Dexter's dark world : the serial killer as superhero / Susan Amper; title: Killing with kindness : nature, nurture, and the female serial killer / Elizabeth Schecter and Harold Schecter; title: It puts the lotion in the basket : the language of psychopathy / Chris Keegan; title: Are serial killers cold-blooded killers? / Andrew Terjesen; title: The serial killer was (cognitively) framed / William E. Deal; title: Wolves and widows : naming, metaphor, and the language of serial murder / Wendy M. Zirngibl; title: An arresting conversation : police philosophize about the armed and dangerous / S. Waller (with Diane Amarillas and Karen Kos); title: Psychopathy and will to power : Ted Bundy and Dennis Rader / Richard M. Gray; title: The thread of death, or the compulsion to kill / J.S. Piven; title: Afterword: a solemn afterword : a message from the victim's network / Mary Miller.