Enlightenment from the South Park gang faster than you can say, "Screw you guys, I'm going home"!
The Ultimate South Park and Philosophy: Respect My Philosophah! presents a compilation of serious philosophical reflections on the twisted insights voiced by characters in TV’s most irreverent animated series.
Offers readers a philosophically smart and candid approach to one of television’s most subversive and controversial shows as it enters its 17th season
Draws sharp parallels between the irreverent nature of South Park and the inquiring and skeptical approach of Western philosophy
Journeys deep beyond the surface of the show’s scatological humor to address the perennial questions raised in South Park and the contemporary social and political issues that inspire each episode
Utilizes familiar characters and episodes to illustrate such philosophical topics as moral relativism, freedom of expression, gay marriage, blasphemy, democracy, feminism, animal ethics, existential questions, and much more
It’s a Bigger, Longer & Uncut version of the highly acclaimed South Park and Philosophy: You Know, I Learned Something Today —and is guaranteed to be much funnier than killing Kenny
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From the Back Cover
What can Kyle, Cartman, Kenny and Stan teach us about imagination, logic and reason?
Is  South Park anti-religion?
Is this tiny town in the Rockies democratic, anarchic, or something else?
Will Mr. Garrison and Big Gay Al ever be happy together in gay marriage?
In the six years since the original publication of South Park and Philosophy , the lives of Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny have become only more dysfunctional—too much dysfunctionality to pass up, in fact. Reflecting this wealth of fearless new comedic material, The Ultimate South Park and Philosophy presents a compilation of serious philosophical reflections on the twisted insights of the characters in TV’s most irreverent animated series. Burning philosophical questions addressed by notable thinkers in this new volume include blasphemy and Scientology, Apple and iPads, the problems of evil and guilt, and why the Crack Baby Athletic Association is wrong on so many levels. Topical issues warranting further philosophical consideration include the problem of Big Gay Al and marriage, faith in God in a world of Cartmanland-type evil, and, of course, if Kyle was on to something when he questioned whether his existence was reality or just a dream. Combining an irreverence of its own with the minimal legal amount of philosophy, The Ultimate South Park and Philosophy allows readers to gain a deeper appreciation for South Park and a greater respect for the philosophah that springs from “Out of the potty-mouths of babes ….”
About the Author
Robert Arp is an analyst working with the U.S. Government. He has done data modeling work as an ontologist, and has taught philosophy courses at colleges and universities, too. His interests include philosophy of biology, ontology in the information science sense, and philosophy and pop culture.
Kevin S. Decker teaches philosophy at Eastern Washington University, where he is also an Associate Dean of the College of Arts, Letters and Education. His research interests are American pragmatism, Continental philosophy, ethics, philosophy and pop culture, and social theory.
William Irwin is Professor of Philosophy at King’s College. He originated the philosophy and popular culture genre of books as coeditor of the bestselling The Simpsons and Philosophy and has overseen recent titles including Superman and Philosophy , Black Sabbath and Philosophy, and Spider-Man and Philosophy .

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Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series : Ultimate South Park and Philosophy : Respect My Philosophah! (2nd Edition)

Robert Arp and Kevin S. Decker

Arp, Robert(Editor)

John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated

Wiley-Blackwell

Wiley Blackwell

The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series, Chichester, West Sussex, UK, 2013

Blackwell philosophy and popculture series, Malden, MA, 2013

United States, United States of America

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The Ultimate South Park and Philosophy: Respect My Philosophah! 5
Copyright 6
Contents 7
Introduction: “Well, I’m Afraid It’s About to Happen Again” Introducing The Ultimate South Park and Philosophy 11
Note 14
Part I Doing Philosophical Things with South Park 15
1 Flatulence and Philosophy: A Lot of Hot Air, or the Corruption of Youth? 17
Oh my God! They Killed Socrates! You Bastards! 18
Cartman Gets a Banal Probe 20
Friendship Kicks Ass! The Dialogues of Kyle and Stan 21
An Apology for South Park: Getting in Touch with Your Inner Cartman 24
The Talking Cure for Our Culture 27
Notes 27
2 You Know, I Learned Something Today: Stan Marsh and the Ethics of Belief 29
Belief and Evidence 30
Faith, Self-Interest, and Evidence 32
What’s the Harm, Dude? 35
Inquiry, Hard Work, and Progress 36
Notes 37
3 “Imaginationland,” Terrorism, and the Difference Between Real and Imaginary 39
Critical Thinking and Theory 40
Unimaginative Leadership? 41
Just Because They’re Imaginary Doesn’t Mean They’re Not Real 44
Only You Can Help Us Win This Battle 47
Notes 50
4 Dude, Listen to Reason!: Logic Lessons Inside and Outside South Park 51
If You Do Drugs, Then You’re a Hippie 53
Deductions and Inductions 55
The Good, the Bad, and ... Well, That’s It Really 57
“If Chewbacca Lives on Endor, You Must Acquit” 58
Slippery Slopes 59
The Defense Rests 61
Note 62
Part II South Park and ...Religion 63
5 Science, Religion, South Park, and God 65
Hail Science! Hail Science! 66
Being Too Soft? 68
Ha, Ha, Ha. You Believe in a Supernatural Being 71
Maybe Just Believing in God Makes God Exist 72
Oh My Science! 73
Getting Rid of All of the Isms 75
Notes 77
6 “Your Magic Is No Match for Our Powers Combined!” Religious Pluralism and the Search for Truth 81
Let’s Meet the Super Best Friends 81
Pick Any Religion, and Picture It in Your Mind 82
Go God Go 84
2+2=5 86
“David Blaine Will Now Eat His Own Head” 87
You Gotta Have Faith 89
Waiting for God (Oh!) 91
Notes 91
7 Cartmanland and the Problem of Evil 93
“And That’s It?” The Story of Job 94
The Sweet Milk of Our Tears 96
“You Are Up There!” 97
Free Hat, Free Willzyx, Free Will 99
“Are You There God? It’s Me, Jesus” 101
“Go God Go” 102
Notes 103
Part III South Park Versus ... Religion 105
8 “Respect My Religiositah!”: South Park and Blasphemy 107
Don’t Make Fun of My Faith! 107
Suck My Balls: Is Nothing Sacred? 110
Can’t We All Just Get Along? 112
Comedy Central Caves In 113
200–201: The Cartoon Wars Escalate and Guess Who Caves Again? 114
Is South Park Responsible for the Decline of Western Civilization? 116
Notes 117
9 Mary’s Menses and Morality: Blasphemy in South Park 118
What in God’s Name Is Blasphemy? 119
Do You Care at All About People’s Feelings? A Utilitarian Perspective 120
South Park Has the Potential to Make People Think 123
You Have to Hit Them With a Sledgehammer 125
Just Pissing People Off 127
Notes 127
10 South Park, The Book of Mormon, and How Religious Fundamentalists Always Find a Way to Be Naive and Arrogant at the Same Time 129
A Mormon Just Believes 130
You’re Making Things Up Again 131
Boys Should Be With Girls, That’s Heavenly Father’s Plan 133
God Has a Plan for All of Us (That Plan Involves Me Getting My Own Planet) 136
I Am a Latter-Day Saint! 138
Notes 139
Part IV Respecting My Authoritah! in South Park 141
11 Juvenile Hijinks With Serious Subtext: Dissent and Democracy in South Park 143
Karl Popper, the Open Society, and Its Enemies 144
South Park and the “Enemies” 146
Not Tolerating a Tolerance for Intolerance 148
Thomas Jefferson and the Foundations of Modern Democracy 149
Notes 151
12 Of Marx and Mantequilla: Labor and Immigration in “The Last of the Meheecans” 153
Work, Proletariat Work 154
Of Jobs and Meheecans 154
Window... Wiiiiiiindow: The (Mis)uses of Meheecan Labor Power 156
Marx, Race, and Nation 158
All You Have to Lose Is Your Encadenamientos 160
Notes 161
13 “Vote or Die, Bitch”: Does Every Vote Count in a Two-Party System? 163
Enfranchised? So What! 164
Going to (Electoral) College 166
Liberty or Death? 167
Vote for Me, and Only for Me 169
You Wanna (Third) Party? 170
Stability in a Political Storm 171
Notes 172
14 Socioeconomic Darwinism from a South Park Perspective 174
Class Warfare Over the One-Percent Fat Fucking Pigs 175
Zombie See, Zombie Do Among the Economic Undead 178
Corporate CEOs as Underpants Gnomes 179
Moral in a Nutshell 182
Notes 184
Part V Liber-arianism in South Park 185
15 Cartman Shrugged: South Park and Libertarian Philosophy 187
High Philosophy and Low Comedy 188
Speaking the Unspeakable 189
A Plague on Both Your Houses 190
Defending the Undefendable 192
The Town of South Park versus Harbucks 195
The Great Gnome Mystery Solved 197
The Wal-Mart Monster 199
Notes 201
16 Sitting Downtown at Kentucky Fried Chicken: One Toke Over the Line 204
Libertarianism and Legislating Lifestyles 204
In Harm’s Way? 206
Drugs Are Bad, M’Kay 207
Mary Jane, M.D. 208
I’ll Make Sure You’re Hooked Up for Life 209
Fuck You, You Intersubjective Fuck! 211
“I Just Want You to Look at Me When We Make Love, and Not Just at My Balls.” 213
Douchebag Prisoners’ Dilemma 214
“Sharon, You Got a Scrotum Coat? Lucky!” 216
Notes 216
17 Cat Urine, Medicinal Fried Chicken, and Smoking: South Park’s Anti-Paternalistic Libertarianism 218
Self-Ownership and Paternalism 219
Consequentialist Reasons to Avoid Paternalism 220
Deontological Reasons to Avoid Paternalism 224
The Final Say As to How to Run One’s Life 227
Notes 227
Part VI There’s a Time and a Place for Everything, Children 231
18 You (Still) Can’t Get Married, You’re Faggots: Mrs. Garrison and the Gay Marriage Debate 233
My God, Nature, and the Dictionary Say “No!” 234
You Think Kids Can Be Raised by Queers? 236
They’re Going to Allow Queers and Homos to Get Married, Huh? 239
Teacher, Our Egg Is Fine−Gays Can Get Married 240
Being “Butt Buddies” Isn’t the Same as Being Married 242
Notes 243
19 Cute and Cuddly Animals versus Yummy Animals 246
All Animals Are Created Equal ... Not Really! (and the Japanese Hate Whales and Dolphins) 246
Tortured Baby Cows and Vaginitus 247
Kids versus Adults and Cuddly Animals versus Yummy Animals 249
The Line Goes Here, Not There! 252
Don’t Worry, You Probably Won’t Turn into a Giant Pussy 253
Fun with Animals and Crazy Animal Rights Activists 254
Notes 255
20 Aesthetic Value, Ethos, and Phil Collins: The Power Of Music In South Park 257
“Maybe I Can Put It Best in the Words of a Timeless Song” 258
Diegesis in South Park 259
Musical Spraying 260
Music to Move Plato’s Soul 262
Phil Collins and Aesthetic Value 264
Schopenhauer and “Death” 266
The Only Way It Works Is Through Music 267
Notes 268
Contributors 270
Index 275

Enlightenment From The South Park Gang Faster Than You Can Say, Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home!the Ultimate South Park And Philosophy: Respect My Philosophah! Presents A Compilation Of Serious Philosophical Reflections On The Twisted Insights Voiced By Characters In Tv's Most Irreverent Animated Series. Offers Readers A Philosophically Smart And Candid Approach To One Of Television's Most Subversive And Controversial Shows As It Enters Its 17th Season Draws Sharp Parallels Between The Irreverent Nature Of South Park And The Inquiring And Skeptical Approach Of Western Philosophy Journeys Deep Beyond The Surface Of The Show's Scatological Humor To Address The Perennial Questions Raised In South Park And The Contemporary Social And Political Issues That Inspire Each Episode Utilizes Familiar Characters And Episodes To Illustrate Such Philosophical Topics As Moral Relativism, Freedom Of Expression, Gay Marriage, Blasphemy, Democracy, Feminism, Animal Ethics, Existential Questions, And Much More It's A Bigger, Longer & Uncut Version Of The Highly Acclaimed South Park And Philosophy: You Know, I Learned Something Today--and Is Guaranteed To Be Much Funnier Than Killing Kenny -- Introduction: Well, I'm Afraid It's About To Happen Again / Robert Arp And Kevin S. Decker -- Flatulence And Philosophy: A Lot Of Hot Air, Or The Corruption Of Youth? / Willie Young -- You Know, I Learned Something Today: Stan Marsh And The Ethics Of Belief / Henry Jacoby -- Imaginationland, Terrorism, And The Difference Between Real And Imaginary / Christopher C. Kirby -- Dude, Listen To Reason! Logic Lessons Inside And Outside South Park / Robert Arp -- Science, Religion, South Park, And God / David Kyle Johnson -- Your Magic Is No Match For Our Powers Combined!: Religious Pluralism And The Search For Truth / Jeffrey Dueck -- Cartmanland And The Problem Of Evil / David Kyle Johnson -- Respect My Religiositah!: South Park And Blasphemy / David Koepsell -- Mary's Menses And Morality: Blasphemy In South Park / Kevin J. Murtagh -- South Park, The Book Of Mormon, And How Religious Fundamentalists Always Find A Way To Be Naive And Arrogant At The Same Time / Roberto Sirvent And Neil Baker -- Juvenile Hijinks With Serious Subtext: Dissent And Democracy In South Park / David Valleau Curtis And Gerald J. Erion -- Of Marx And Mantequilla: Labor And Immigration In The Last Of The Meheecans / Jeffrey Ewing -- Vote Or Die, Bitch: Does Every Vote Count In A Two-party System? / John Scott Gray -- Socioeconomic Darwinism From A South Park Perspective / Dale Jacquette -- Cartman Shrugged: South Park And Libertarian Philosophy / Paul A. Cantor -- Sitting Downtown At Kentucky Fried Chicken: One Toke Over The Line / Kevin S. Decker -- Cat Urine, Medicinal Fried Chicken, And Smoking: South Park's Anti-paternalistic Libertarianism / Shane D. Courtland -- You (still) Can't Get Married, You're Faggots: Mrs. Garrison And The Gay Marriage Debate / Jacob M. Held -- Cute And Cuddly Animals Versus Yummy Animals / Cynthia Jones -- Aesthetic Value, Ethos, And Phil Collins: The Power Of Music In South Park / Per F. Broman. Edited By Robert Arp, Kevin S. Decker. Previous Edition Published As: South Park And Philosophy: You Know, I Learned Something Today; Malden, Ma : Blackwell Publishing, 2007. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

2025-10-27