LEADER 04398nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910139433703321 005 20220421131953.0 010 $a1-4443-4140-5 010 $a1-282-93991-2 010 $a9786612939914 010 $a1-4443-2459-4 010 $a1-4443-2458-6 035 $a(CKB)2480000000008439 035 $a(EBL)644942 035 $a(OCoLC)676874945 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000442277 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11302412 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000442277 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10462645 035 $a(PQKB)11506834 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC644942 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4043690 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4043690 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11115685 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL293991 035 $a(OCoLC)748500722 035 $a(EXLCZ)992480000000008439 100 $a20100208d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSerial killers$b[electronic resource] $ephilosophy for everyone : being and killing /$fedited by S. Waller ; foreword by John M. Doris 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMalden, Mass. $cWiley-Blackwell$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (245 p.) 225 1 $aPhilosophy for everyone 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4051-9963-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: meditations on murder, or what is so philosophical about serial killers? / S. Waller and William E. Deal -- Man is the most dangerous animal of all : a philosophical gaze into the writings of the Zodiac Killer / Andrew M. Winters -- A philosophy of serial killing : Sade, Nietzsche, and Brady at the gates of Janus / David Schmid -- The situation of the jury : attribution bias in the trials of accused serial killers / Mark Alfano -- Serial killers as practical moral skeptics : a history with interviews / Amanda Howard -- Are psychopathic serial killers evil? Are they blameworthy for what they do? / Manuel Vargas -- Sympathy for the devil : can a serial killer ever be good? / Matthew Brophy -- The allure of the serial killer / Eric Dietrich and Tara Fox Hall -- Dexter's dark world : the serial killer as superhero / Susan Amper -- Killing with kindness : nature, nurture, and the female serial killer / Elizabeth Schecter and Harold Schecter -- It puts the lotion in the basket : the language of psychopathy / Chris Keegan -- Are serial killers cold-blooded killers? / Andrew Terjesen -- The serial killer was (cognitively) framed / William E. Deal -- Wolves and widows : naming, metaphor, and the language of serial murder / Wendy M. Zirngibl -- An arresting conversation : police philosophize about the armed and dangerous / S. Waller (with Diane Amarillas and Karen Kos) -- Psychopathy and will to power : Ted Bundy and Dennis Rader / Richard M. Gray -- The thread of death, or the compulsion to kill / J.S. Piven -- Afterword: a solemn afterword : a message from the victim's network / Mary Miller. 330 $aSerial Killers - Philosophy for Everyone investigates our profound intrigue with mass-murderers. Exploring existential, ethical and political questions through an examination of real and fictional serial killers, philosophy comes alive via an exploration of grisly death. Presents new philosophical theories about serial killing, and relates new research in cognitive science to the minds of serial killersIncludes a philosophical look at real serial killers such as Ian Brady, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer and the Zodiac killer, as well as fictional serial killers s 410 0$aPhilosophy for everyone. 606 $aSerial murderers$xPsychology 606 $aPsychology, Pathological 606 $aAssassins en sèrie$2thub 606 $aPsicopatologia$2thub 608 $aElectronic books. 608 $aLlibres electrònics$2thub 615 0$aSerial murderers$xPsychology. 615 0$aPsychology, Pathological. 615 7$aAssassins en sèrie 615 7$aPsicopatologia 676 $a364.152/32 676 $a364.152301 701 $aWaller$b S$0993665 701 $aDoris$b John M$0993666 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910139433703321 996 $aSerial killers$92275291 997 $aUNINA