Table of Contents

1. "Karma, Bad Luck, or Divine Intervention? Exploring the Moral Character of Agent Van Alden's God" Roberto Sirvent and Neil Baker 2. "Boardwalk Empire: The Ethics of Real History versus Reel History" Rod Carveth 3. "Bunkum, Snake Oil, and Horseshit: What's Wrong with Lying to a Bootlegger?" Don Fallis 4. "Doing vs Allowing Harm" Michael Da Silva 5. "Nucky Thompson Superman!" Richard Greene 6. "Watching Boardwalk Empire with Freud: How Much Sin Can You Live With?" Ron Hirschbein 7. "Machiavelli on the Boardwalk" Gregory Littman 8. "Political Philosophy under the Boardwalk" Rachel Robison-Greene 9. "Boardwalk Empire and the State of Nature" John Fitzpatrick 10. "Nucky Thompson: In Bed with Everyone: Body Politic and Body Private in Boardwalk Empire" Weiland Schwanebeck 11. "Outsiders, Alcohol and All That Jazz: Prohibition Era Aesthetics in Boardwalk Empire" Pat Brace and Maria Kingsbury 12. "Narrative Pedagogy and Deception in Boardwalk Empire: Never let the truth get in the way of a good story" Cam Cobb 13. "'Thou shalt not kill': Systemic Violence in Boardwalk Empire" Deborah Mellamphy 14. Gender Themes in Boardwalk Empire Rachel Robison-Greene 15. "The Women of Boardwalk Empire" Chelsi Barnard Archibald

About the Author

Richard Greene is professor of Philosophy at Weber State University in Utah. He is co-editor of many volumes in the Popular Culture and Philosophy series, the most recent being Dexter and Philosophy. Rachel Robison-Greene is co-editor of Dexter and Philosophy and The Golden Compass and Philosophy. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.