Ebook: Homeland and philosophy: for your minds only

In Homeland and Philosophy, 23 philosophers tackle the issues that Showtime's award-winning show Homeland asks us to consider. The drama, which centers on Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody's release from an al-Qaeda prison, and CIA Agent Carrie Mathison's distrust of his intentions, asks questions of identity, what it means to be a terrorist, the conditions and effects of brainwashing, lying for the greater good, and whether or not courage is a virtue.;I. Who are you?. You're responsible today for the you of yesterday / Jason Iuliano -- Double agents and multiple identities / Talia Morag -- My dad the Jihadist murderer / László Kajtár -- II. Poles apart. The self-destruction option / John V. Karavitis -- Broken love in Homeland / Brittany Lorenz and Adam Barkman -- III. Land of the free. Brainwashed Brody's freedom / Dan Burkett -- The illusion of freedom / April Marratto and Adam Barkman -- IV. Messy Morality. Is there such a thing as religious violence? / Roberto Sirvent and Ian Diorio -- Afraid to get your hands dirty? / Christophe Porot and Charles Taliaferro -- V. Dealing with drones. Drones and terrorist blowback / Jai Galliott -- Killing at a distance / Edwin Jacob -- VI. Covert speculations. It's epistemic war out there! / Don Fallis -- Watching, always watching / Christian Cotton -- VII. Critique of Carrie's reason. Carrie's problem of evil / Trip McCrossin -- Carrie's personality paradox / Frank Scalambrino -- VIII. Interrogating interrogation. Interrogation and lying / Robert Arp -- Torture by any other name / Dona Cayetana and Nathan Everson -- IX. Home of the brave. Anything goes? / John R. Fritzpatrick -- Is terrorism in the eye of the beholder? / William Rodriguez -- America Akbar! / Roberto Sirvent and Ian Diorio -- Terrorism in the homeland.