Table of Contents
FOREWORD BY TOM MORRIS xi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Some House Points I’d Like to Award xv
Introduction: Harry Potter and the Enchantment of Philosophy 1
PART ONE THE HORCRUX OF THE MATTER: DESTINY, IDENTITY, AND THE SOUL
1 The Soul in Harry Potter 7Scott Sehon
2 Sirius Black: Man or Dog? 22Eric Saidel
3 Destiny in the Wizarding World 35Jeremy Pierce
PART TWO THE MOST POWERFUL MAGIC OF ALL
4 Choosing Love: The Redemption of Severus Snape 53Catherine Jack Deavel and David Paul Deavel
5 Love Potion No. 9¾ 66Gregory Bassham
6 Harry Potter, Radical Feminism, and the Power of Love 80Anne Collins Smith
PART THREE POTTERWATCH: FREEDOM AND POLITICS
7 Patriotism, House Loyalty, and the Obligations of Belonging 97Andrew P. Mills
8 Dumbledore’s Politics 113Beth Admiraal and Regan Lance Reitsma
9 Dumbledore, Plato, and the Lust for Power 128David Lay Williams and Alan J. Kellner
PART FOUR THE ROOM OF REQUIREMENT: A POTTER POTPOURRI
10 Is Dumbledore Gay? Who’s to Say? 143Tamar Szabó Gendler
11 Choices vs. Abilities: Dumbledore on Self-Understanding 157Gregory Bassham
12 The Magic of Personal Transformation 172S. Joel Garver
13 Just in Your Head? J. K. Rowling on Separating Reality from Illusion 185John Granger with Gregory Bassham
14 A Pensieve for Your Thoughts? Harry Potter and the Magic of Memory 198Amy Kind
15 A Hogwarts Education: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 212Gregory Bassham
PART FIVE BEYOND THE VEIL: DEATH, HOPE, AND MEANING
16 The Real Secret of the Phoenix: Moral Regeneration through Death 229Charles Taliaferro
17 Beyond Godric’s Hollow: Life after Death and the Search for Meaning 246Jonathan L. Walls and Jerry L. Walls
18 Why Harry and Socrates Decide to Die: Virtue and the Common Good 258Michael W. Austin
CONTRIBUTORS: The Hogwarts (for Muggles) Faculty 271
THE MARAUDER ’ S INDEX 279