Ebook: Dungeons and dragons and philosophy: raiding the temple of wisdom

Rolling a Wisdom Check; I. HEROIC TIER: The Ethical Dungeon Crawler; 1. Aristotle's Dungeon; 2. Does Dungeons and Dragons Refute Aristotle?; 3. Beyond Chaotic Good and Lawful Evil?; 4. Chaotic Good in the Balance; 5. Elegy for a Paladin; 6. Being Evil; 7. It's Okay to Be Evil in Your Head; 8. Elf Stereotypes; 9. Dude, Where Are the Girls?; II. PARAGON TIER: Planes of Existence; 10. THe Laboratory of the Dungeon; 11. Expressing the Inexpressible; 12. The Worlds of Dungeons and Dragons; 13. A Role of the Dice; 14. THe Secret Lives of Elven Paladins; III. EPIC TIER: Leveling Up.;This volume will convince readers that the swift ascent of the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons to worldwide popularity in the 1970s and 1980s is?the most exciting event in popular culture since the invention of the motion picture." Dungeons and Dragons and Philosophy presents twenty-one chapters by different writers, all D & D aficionados but with starkly different insights and points of view. It will be appreciated by thoughtful fans of the game, including both those in their thirties, forties, and fifties who have rediscovered the pastime they loved as.