Charles Joshua Horn is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. He specializes in early modern philosophy, and is the author of numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, mostly about Gottfried Leibniz and video games.

• Contributors: Survivors viiiAcknowledgments: Thank Who You Can Thank xivIntroduction: No Questions Left Behind xvPart I Joel's Choice 11 Joel's Choice: Apocalyptic Fantasies, Dystopian Hope, and the Post-Human Question 3Clint Wesley Jones2 Justifying Joel: In Defense of Love and Favoritism 10Daniel Irwin and William Irwin3 "He Who Fights with Monsters": Inner-Circle vs. the World in The Last of Us 19Dylan Skurka4 Is Humanity Worth Saving?: Philosophical Pessimism and Joel's Choice 26Quân NguyenPart II Justice 355 Is Ellie's Revenge Ethically Justified? 37Alberto Oya6 Necessary Violence in The Last of Us Part II 45Tim Jones7 Natural Law and Positive Law: Marlene's Understanding of Law and Justice 52Juliele Maria Sievers8 The Last of Us, Hobbes, and the State of Nature 58Armond Boudreaux9 Decision Making and Exclusion in The Last of Us 65Yassine DguideguePart III The Individual and Society 7110 Trust, Trustworthiness, and Betrayal in a Post-Apocalyptic World 73Mackenzie Graham11 Caring for Ellie: From Cadet, to Cargo, to (Almost) Cure 81Traci Phillipson12 The Last of Love: Eudaimonia, Friendship, and Love in The Last of Us 89Darci Doll13 Ellie and Abby Are the Queer Feminist Icons We've Been Waiting For 97Susan Peppers-Bates and Mary BernardPart IV Monsters and Us 10514 Kiss of a Cordy: Why Are Humans the Scariest Monsters? 107Mariya Dvoskina15 Self-Deception and Moral Failure in The Last of Us 113Charles Joshua Horn16 What Is It Like to Be a Clicker?: Consciousness and Cognition in The Last of Us 121Lucas Hinojosa-López and Remis Ramos Carreño17 Global Indigenous Philosophy: Remembering the "Us" 129Matthew CrippenPart V The Humanity of The Last of Us 13918 Better to Be Socrates Dissatisfied Than an Infected Satisfied?: Happiness, Flourishing, and the Good Life in The Last of Us 141Steve Bein19 Aesthetics at the End of the World: Uncanny Objects in The Last of Us 149Enea Bianchi20 Meaning and Emotion in the Music of The Last of Us 156Lance Belluomini21 "Some Folks Call This Thing Here a Gee-Tar": Music Making, Duende, Schopenhauer, and Reconciliation in The Last of Us Part II 164Per F. Broman22 Humor and Human Intimacy in The Last of Us 172Michael K. Cundall Jr.Part VI Religious Considerations at the End of the World 17923 God as a Survival Tool: Religion in a World of Desperation 181Federico Dal Barco24 "I Don't Think I Can Ever Forgive You for That": Forgiving the Unforgivable in The Last of Us 188Peter AdmirandIndex 195

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