Serial Killers - Philosophy for Everyone - S. Waller, John M. Doris, Fritz Allhoff

Category: Adults, Autobiography & Biographies, Novel, True Crime
Language: English
Keywords: Autobiography & Biographies Suspense True Crime

Written by S. Waller, John M. Doris, Fritz Allhoff
Read by Josh Clark
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

Serial Killers - Philosophy for Everyone investigates our profound interest in mass murderers. Exploring existential, ethical, and political questions through an examination of real and fictional serial killers, philosophy comes alive here via an exploration of grisly death. This book:

Presents new philosophical theories about serial killing, and relates new research in cognitive science to the minds of serial killers

Includes a philosophical look at real serial killers, such as Ian Brady, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and the Zodiac killer, as well as fictional serial killers, such as Dexter and Hannibal Lecter

Offers a new phenomenological examination of the writings of the Zodiac Killer

Contains an account of the disappearance of one of Ted Bundy’s victims, submitted by the organization Families and Friends of Missing Persons and Violent Crime Victims

Integrates the insights of philosophers, academics, crime writers, and police officers