George A. Dunn is a lecturer at the University of Indianapolis and the Ningbo Institute of Technology, Zhejiang University, China. He edited True Blood and Philosophy and contributed to Twilight and Philosophy, Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy, and Mad Men and Philosophy. Nicolas Michaud is an instructor of philosophy at the University of North Florida and has contributed to Twilight and Philosophy, Final Fantasy and Philosophy, 30 Rock and Philosophy, and Green Lantern and Philosophy. William Irwin is a 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 House and Philosophy, Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy, and Mad Men and Philosophy.

Acknowledgments: "It's Like the Bread. How I Never Get Over Owing You for That." Introduction: Let the Hunger Games and Philosophy Begin! Part One. "Having an Eye for Beauty Isn't Necessarily a Weakness": The Art of Resisting the Capitol 1."The Final Word in Entertainment": How Artifice Destroys Humanity in The Hunger Games Brian McDonald 2. Plato, Panem, and the Power of Music Anne Torkelson 3. "I Will Be Your Mockingjay": The Paradox and Power of Metaphor in The Hunger Games Jill Olthouse Part Two. "We're Fickle, Stupid Beings": Hungering for Morality in an Immoral World 4. The Odds Aren't Always in Our Favor: Morality and Luck in The Hunger Games George A. Dunn 5. Schadenfreude: The Joy of Watching Other Suffer Andrew Shaffer 6. "So Here I am in His Debt Again": Katniss, Gifts, and Invisible Strings Jennifer Culver Part Three. "I Am As Radiant as the Sun": The Natural, the Unnatural, and Not-So-Weird Science 7. Competition and Kindness: The Darwinian World of The Hunger Games Abigail Mann 8. "No Mutt is Good"-Really?: Creating Interspecies Chimeras Jason T. Eberl Part Four. "Peeta Bakes. I Hunt": What Katniss Can Teach Us About Love, Caring, and Gender 9. Why Katniss Chooses Peeta: Looking at Love Through a Stoic Lens Abigail Myers 10. "She Has No Idea-The Effect She Can Have": The Politics of Gender in The Hunger Games Jessica Miller 11. Sometimes the World is Hungry for People Who Care: Katniss and the Feminist Care Ethic Lindsey Issow Averill Part Five. "As Long As You Can Find Yourself, You'll Never Starve": How to Be Yourself When It's All a Big Show 12. Why Does Katniss Fail at Everything She Fakes?: Being versus Seeming to Be in The Hunger Games Dereck Coatney 13. Who is Peeta Mellark?: The Problem of Identity in Panem Nicholas Michaud Part Six. "Here's Some Advice. Stay Alive": A Tribute's Guide to the Morality and Logic of Warfare 14. "Safe to Do What?": Morality and the War of All against All in the Arena Joseph J. Foy 15. Starting Fires Can Get You Burned: The Just War Tradition and the Rebellion Against the Capitol Louis Melancon 16. The Tribute's Dilemma: The Hunger Games and Game Theory Andrew Zimmerman Jones Part Seven: "It Must be Very Fragile, If a Handful of Berries Can Bring It Down": The Political Philosophy of Coriolanus Snow 17. Discipline and the Docile Body: Regulating Hungers in the Capitol Christina Van Dyke 18. "All of This Is Wrong": Why One of Rome's Greatest Thinkers World Despise the Capitol Adam Barkman Class is in Session: Power and Privilege in Panem Chad W. Timm Contributors: Our Resistance Squadron Index