Serial Killers – Philosophy for Everyone investigates our profound intrigue with mass-murderers. Exploring existential, ethical and political questions through an examination of real and fictional serial killers, philosophy comes alive via an exploration of grisly death.

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

Author Biography

Editor S. Waller is an Associate Professor of Philosophy atMontana State University Bozeman. Her areas of research arephilosophy of neurology, philosophy of cognitive ethology(especially dolphins, wolves, and coyotes), and philosophy of mind,specifically the parts of the mind we disavow. Series Editor Fritz Allhoff is an Assistant Professor in thePhilosophy Department at Western Michigan University, as well as aSenior Research Fellow at the Australian NationalUniversity s Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics.In addition to editing the Philosophy for Everyone series,Allhoff is the volume editor or co-editor for several titles,including Wine & Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007),Whiskey & Philosophy (with Marcus P. Adams, Wiley,2009), and Food & Philosophy (with Dave Monroe,Wiley-Blackwell, 2007).

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