Dr. Seuss and Philosophy

Jacob M. Held is assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Central Arkansas. He has written extensively on philosophy and popular culture, having coedited James Bond and Philosophy and contributed to volumes on the Beatles, South Park, and Watchmen, to name a few.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsEditor's NoteUnsettled Meddling, an introduction in verseChapter 1: Oh, the Places You'll Go! The Examined, Happy LifeBenjamin RiderChapter 2: My Troubles are going to have Troubles with Me: Schopenhauer, Pessimism, and NietzcheJacob M. HeldChapter 3: Gretrude McFuzz Should've Read Marx, Or Sneetches of the World UniteJacob M. HeldChapter 4: Socratic Seuss: Intellectual Integrity and Truth-OrientationMatthew F. PierlottChapter 5: Neither Here, nor There, no Anywhere?Randall E. AuxierChapter 6: McElligot's Pool: Epistemology (with Fish!)Ron NovyChapter 7: On Beyond Modernity, Or Conrad and a Postmodern AlphabetJacob M. HeldChapter 8: From There to Here, From Here to There, Diversity is EverywhereTanya JeffcoatChapter 9: What Would You Do If Your Mother Asked You? A Brief Introduction to EthicsJacob M. Held and Eric N. WilsonChapter 10: Horton Hears You, Too! Seuss and Kant on Repecting PersonsDean A. KowalskiChapter 11: Pragmatist Ethics with John Dewey, Horton, and the LoraxThomas M. AlexanderChapter 12: The Grinch's Change of Heart: Whodunit?Anthony CunninghamChapter 13: Thidwick the Big-Hearted Bearer of Property RightsAeon J. SkobleChapter 14: Rebellion in Slala-ma-Sond: The Social Contract and a Turtle Named "Mack"Ron NovyChapter 15: Whose Egg is it, Really? Property Rights and Distributive JusticeHenry CribbsChapter 16: It's Not Personal...It's Just Bizzyneuss: Business Ethics, the Company, Its StakeholdersMatthew F. PierlottChapter 17: Speaking for Business, Speakign for Trees: Business and Environment in The LoraxJohann A. Klaassen and Mari-Gretta G. KlaassenChapter 18: Dr. Seuss Meets Philosophical AestheticsDwayne TunstallThe Menagerie: Author Bios

This is a unique book. I would not have imagined anyone imagining doing such a thing—but these philosophers did. They imagined it, and they did it. And it is published. You can hold it in your hand, or even read it. Oy vey!