The Phantom Index
Absolute Spirit (Hegel)
Academy, Imperial
Ackbar, Admiral
acklay
Aikido
Alderaan
Alexander the Great
altruism
Amidala, Padmé
androids (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
angels
anger
Antilles, Wedge
Aquinas, St. Thomas
archetypes
aristocracy
“universal,”
Aristotle
De interpretatione
army, Imperial
art. See artifacts
Arthur, King
artifacts
Artoo. See R2-D2
asceticism
asteroid field
AT-AT Walkers
Attack of the Clones (Episode II)
attunement (Heidegger)
Augustine, St.
Aurelius, Marcus
authenticity
authority, political
autonomy
awareness
Bacon, Francis
“Battle Hymn of the Republic,”
Baum, L. Frank
beauty
being
“being-in-the-world,” (Heidegger)
beliefs
justification for
Benjamin, Walter
Bentham, Jeremy
Bespin. See also Cloud City
billiard ball example (Hume)
Binks, Jar-Jar
biodiversity
Bishop (Aliens)
Blade Runner (film)
blaster
Bodhidarma
body
Borgia family
bounty hunters
brains
artificial
brainwashing. See also conditioning, mind control
Buddha
BuddhismSee also Zen Buddhism
Bushido
C-3PO
Caligula, Gaius
Calrissian, Lando
Cambyses of Persia
Campbell, Joseph
categorical imperative
cause and effect
law-governed connection of
necessary connection of
relation in time
transfer of motion through
causal laws. See laws, physical
Cave Allegory (Plato)
ch’an. See Zen Buddhism
chance. See coincidence
character, moral
Chewbacca
ch’i
Chosen One. See prophecy of the Chosen One
Christianity
Cicero
citizenship
Clifford, William
“The Ethics of Belief,”
clone army
cloning
Clone Wars
Cloud City. See also Bespin
coercion
cognitive capacities
coincidence
Cold War, the
communication
community
“eco-communities,”
compassion. See also love, unconditional
consciousness
corruption
Coruscant
cosmopolitanism
cost-benefit analysis
courage
creativity
culture
versus nature
Dagobah
Dantooine
Darth Sidious. See Palpatine
Data (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
death
Death Star
first
second
death sticks
deception
Dedalus
dehumanization
democracy
as a “way of life” (Dewey)
direct
liberal
representative
desires
destiny
Dewey, John
Dianoga
dictatorship
dictator perpetuus
dignity
Diotima
diversity
divinity
“distillation of” (Hegel)
Dooku, Count
Droid Control Ship
Droidekas
droids
battle
liberation of
dualism. See also body, mind
duty
Earth
Eckhart, Meister
ecosystems. See also environment
education
ego
egoism
enlightened
ethical
egotism
Eliot, T.S.
embryos, human
emotions
Emperor. See Palpatine
Empire, Galactic
Empire Strikes Back, The (Episode V)
Endor, moon of
energy
“enframing” (Heidegger)
enlightenment
environment
Epictetus
epistemology
equality
equanimity, virtue of
ethicsSee also good, evil, morality, virtue, vice
animal
anthropocentric
environmental
EV-9D9
evidence
evil
inherent
natural
problem of
Ewoks
experience
experiments
faith
as immoral
as morally good
falsehoods. See lies
fantasy
fatalism
fate
Faust
fear
feelings
Fett, Boba
Fett, Jango
Few Good Men, A (film)
Fisher, Carrie
“flesh and blood,”
forces
electromagnetic
Force, The
balance of
Dark Side of
Light Side of
“living,”
“will of,”
Ford, Harrison
foreknowledge
form (Aristotle)
forgetfulness (Heidegger)
forgiveness
Forster, E.M.
Frankenstein’s monster
freedom
of choice
friendship
future. See time
Ganno, Zen Master
Geach, Peter
genetics
genetic manipulation
genetic material
Geneva Convention
genuine option, criteria for (James)
Geonosis
Gilson, Etienne
Gimer stick
God
as eternal
as omnibenevolent (all-good)
as omnipotent (all-powerful)
as omniscient (all-knowing)
Manichean conception of
Stoic conception of
will of
“God’s-eye view,”
“Golden Mean” (Aristotle)
good
intrinsic
public
Good, the (Plato)
government
self-government
grace
Grand Army of the Republic. See clone army
gravity
Greece, ancient
Greedo
Guardians (Plato)
Gulliver, Lemuel
Gungans
Gunray, Nute
happiness
harmony
hate
Hawking, Stephen
Hegel, Georg W.F.
Phenomenology of Spirit
Heidegger, Martin
Hephestus
Heraclitus
heroism
hero, journey of
Hippias of Athens
history
Hobbes, Thomas
holism, environmental
hologram generators
Holy Spirit
Homer
homosexuality
honesty
honor
Hoth
human beings
excellence of
human nature
humanism
humanity
“humanizing technology,”
Hume, David
Hwa Rang
hyperdrive
identity
lIiad
imagination
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (film)
individualism, environmental
individuality
inducements
induction, problem of
infinity
innocence
intentions
integrity
intelligence. See also rationality, reason
intolerance
intuition
in vitro fertilization
Iraq
Jabba the Hutt
James, William
Jamilla, Queen
Jawas
Jedi Knights
Jedi Code
Jedi Council
“Jedi mind tricks,”
Jedi Temple
Jesus Christ
Jidai geki
Jinn, Qui-Gon
Jones, Dr. Indiana
Jujitsu
Julius Caesar
just cause
justice
social justice
Just War Theory
Kamino
Kant, Immanuel
Karate Kid, The (film)
karma
Kasdan, Lawrence
Kashyyk
Kendo
Kenobi, Obi-Wan
Ki-Adi-Mundi
King, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
knowledge
koans
Kung-fu
Lama Su
language
Lao-tzu
Lars, Beru
Lars, Owen
laws,
moral
physical
Leibniz, Gottfried
libertarianism
liberty. See freedom
lies
life
lightsabers
Locke, John
logic
Logos
Lone Ranger, the
Lord of the Rings, The
love
romantic
unconditional
loyalty
Lucas, George
“luminous beings,”
Machiavelli, Niccolò
machines
magic
majority rule
Malastare
Manichees
manipulation
Marpa the Translator
martial arts
master-slave dialectic (Hegel)
matter
Maul, Darth
meaning
Medici family
memories
mental states
mercenaries
metaphysics
midi-chlorians
Milarepa
Military Creation Act
military training, problems with
Millennium Falcon
Mill, John Stuart
mind
conditioning of
mind control
Miyagi, Mr.
moisture farming
Mona Lisa
morality. See also ethics, good, evil, virtue, vice
moral agency
moral ambiguity
moral conflict
moral cowardice
moral responsibility
Moravec, Hans
Mos Eisley
Mos Espa
Motti, Admiral
mynocks
mysticism
myths
“myth of the metals,” (Plato)
Naboo
blockade of
Naboo Royal Starship
Nass, Boss
naturalism
nature
Aristotelian conception of
hierarchy in
Stoic conception of
versus nurture
necessity
Neimodians. See also Trade Federation
New Hope, A, (Episode IV)
nexu
Nicholson, Jack
Nietzsche, Friedrich
nobility
“no-mind” mindfulness
Odyssey
Organa, Leia
organisms
versus artifacts
organs, artificial
otherness
pacifism, absolute
padawans
pain
Palpatine
as Darth Sidious
as Emperor
as Supreme Chancellor
Parable of the House on Fire
Parmenides
passions
passivity
peace
persons
conditions for personhood
Phantom Menace, The (Episode I)
philosopher-kings
physicalism
Pilate, Pontius
Pisistratus
Plato
Republic
Symposium
pleasure
pod racing
political philosophy
power
pragmatism
pragmatic faith beliefs
predestination
“present-at-hand,” (Heidegger)
Presocratics
pride
Princess Leia. See Organa, Leia
probability
process
progress
properties
prophecy of the Chosen One
propositions, future-contingent
prosthetics
psychokinesis
Puritanism
purposiveness
Pygmalion, legend of
quantum physics
R2-D2
racism
rancor
rationality. See also reason
as calculation
as deliberation
as problem solving
“ready-to-hand,” (Heidegger)
realism, philosophical
realism, political
reality
reason. See also rationality
deductive
moral
reasons, truth-conducive
Rebel Alliance
recognition
struggle for
redemption
reek
reflectivity, moral
relativism, moral
religion
eastern
history of
philosophy of
religious believers
replicants (Blade Runner)
reproductive procedures
Republic, Old
republicanism
Return of the Jedi (Episode VI)
revenge
Revenge of the Sith (Episode III)
rights
inter-species
robots
Rolston, Holmes III
Rome, ancient
Roshi, Taizan Maezumi
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
Russell, Bertrand
sail barge
Sakyamuni, Gautama (Buddha)
salvation
samurai
Sand People
satori
scarcity, problem of
science
science fiction
“Sea-battle tomorrow,” example (Aristotle)
self
self-consciousness
self-interest;—collective
self-knowledge;—subject-object relation in
selfishness
Senate, Galactic
Seneca
Separatists
Shakespeare, William
Shaolin Temple
Shariputra
Shintoism
Sidious, Darth. See Palpatine
Sifo-Dyas, Master
sin
Singer, Peter
Sith Lords
skepticism
Skywalker, Anakin . See also Vader, Darth
Skywalker, Luke
Skywalker, Shmi
Slave One
slavery
social relationships
Socrates
and the “Noble Lie,”
Sohei
Soho, Takuan
Solo, Han
Solon
Sony’s mechanical dog
soul
tripartite (Aristotle)
species
speciesism
Spaceballs (film)
Spirit (Hegel)see also Absolute Spirit
spirits
“standing reserve,”
Stoicism
Stoic sage
stormtroopers, Imperial
Strauss, Leo
substance
divine
primary (Aristotle)
suffering
Sumeria
supernatural
Swift, Jonathan
symbiosis
synthetics (Aliens)
tao
Taoism
Tao Te Ching
Tarkin, Grand Moff
Tarot
Tatooine
Tauntauns
technology
as art and craft
telekinesis
telos
Templars
terrorism
Tesshu
Thales
theology
thinking
threats, manufactured
Threepio. See C-3PO
TIE fighters, Imperial
time
as measure of motion
future
past
present
timeliness, virtue of
Tin Woodsman
Tolkien, J.R.R.
tools
torture
Trade Federation
tragedy
Greek
moral
training, Jedi
traits, genetically determined
Transcendentalism, American
Tricksters
trust
truth
factual
Tusken Raiders. See Sand People
Tyrannus, Darth. See Dooku, Count
tyranny
Ueshiba, Morihei
understanding
spiritual
“Unhappy Conscience” (Hegel)
uniformity, principle of
unity
utilitarianism
Vader, Darth . See also Anakin Skywalker
value
absolute
instrumental
intrinsic
Veatch, Henry
vice
violence
criteria for permissible
virtue
virtue ethics
voting
virtues, Stoic
Walkers, Imperial. See AT-AT Walkers
wampa
war
civil
as inherently bad
moral justification of
Watto
Wesell, Zam
Wicket the Ewok
will
freedom of
“will to power” (Nietzsche)
Williams, Bernard
Williams, John
Windu, Mace
wisdom
Wizard of Oz, The
womp rats
Wookiees
Wordsworth, William
Wu Wei
WWE Smackdown
X-wing fighters
Yavin Four
yin and yang
Yoda
Yoga
Yoshiaki
younglings
zazen
Zen Buddhism
Zeno of Citium