Dr. Seuss and philosophy: oh, the thinks you can think!/ edited by Jacob M. Held.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-248) and index.

Oh, the places you'll go! : the examined, happy life Benjamin Rider -- My troubles are going to have troubles with me : Schopenhauer, pessimism, and Nietzsche Jacob M. Held -- Gertrude McFuzz should've read Marx, or sneetches of the world unite Jacob M. Held -- Socratic Seuss : intellectual integrity and truth-orientation Matthew F. Pierlott -- Neither here, nor there, nor anywhere? Randall E. Auxier -- McElligot's pool : epistemology (with fish!) Ron Novy -- On beyond modernity, or Conrad and a postmodern alphabet Jacob M. Held -- From there to here, from here to there, diversity is everywhere Tanya Jeffcoat -- What would you do if your mother asked you? : a brief introduction to ethics Jacob M. Held and Eric N. Wilson -- Horton hears you, too! : Seuss and Kant on respecting persons Dean A. Kowalski -- Pragmatist ethics with John Dewey, Horton, and the lorax Thomas M. Alexander -- The Grinch's change of heart : whodunit? Anthony Cunningham -- Thidwick the big-hearted bearer of property rights Aeon J. Skoble -- Rebellion in Sala-ma-sond : the social contract and a turtle named Mack Ron Novy -- Whose egg is it, really? : property rights and distributive justice Henry Cribbs -- It's not personal , it's just bizzyneuss : business ethics, the company, and its stakeholders Matthew F. Pierlott -- Speaking for business, speaking for trees : business and environment in The lorax Johann A. Klaassen and Mari-Gretta G. Klaassen -- Dr. Seuss meets philosophical aesthetics Dwayne Tunstall.

Dr. Seuss and Philosophy explores philosophical concepts such as the nature of the good life in Oh the Places You'll Go, the nature of knowledge in McElligot's Pool, Postmodernity in On Beyond Zebra, business and the environment in The Lorax, and moral character in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, among many others. --from publisher description