Contributors: "It's a Whole Family of Supers" ix
Acknowledgments: It takes People to Make a Dream Reality xvii
Introduction: Philosophy Begins in Wonder xix
Part I "The Seaweed is Always Greener in Somebody Else's Lake" 1
1. Unruly Ariel: Not Born but Made a Woman
by Megan S. Lloyd 3
2. "True to Your Heart": Honor and Authenticity in Mulan
by George A. Dunn 11
3. Zen and the Art of Imagineering: Disney's Escapism Versus Buddhism's Liberation
by Steve Bein 25
4. Hidden Mickeys and the Hiddenness of God
by Timothy Pickavance 35
Part II "I'll be Shooting for My Own Hand" 45
5. "Everyone's Special Dash": Tolerance and Conformity in a World of Incredible Differences
by Richard B. Davis 47
6. Accommodating Dory, but Disempowering Dopey? Dilemmas of Disability from Snow White to Finding Dory
by Kevin Mintz 59
7. From Snow White to Moana: Understanding Disney's Feminist Transformation
by Edwardo Pérez 71
8. "Always a Team, Always United": Disney's Philosophy of the Family
by Kody Cooper 81
Part III "Your Identity is your Most Valuable Possession" 93
9. How to Convince Sleeping Beauty She's Not Dreaming
by C. A. McIntosh 95
10. Knowing Who you Are: Existence Precedes Essence in Moana
by William J. Devlin 107
11. Saving Mr. Banks: Reclaiming Our Childhood, Remembering Who We Are
by Shawn White 119
12. WALL.E and EVE: Disney's Intelligent Machines
by Timothy Brown 129
13. Inside Disney's Inside Out
by Ellen Miller 137
Part IV "You Can Be Anyone You Want To Be" 145
14. To Be or Not to Be … the Lion King: Existentialism in Disney and Shakespeare
by Megan S. Lloyd 147
15. True Freedom in Toy Story, or You Are a Child's Plaything!
by Armond Boudreaux 157
16. "Our Fate Lives Within Us": Character and Choice in Brave
by Steve Jones 167
17. Breaking the Spell: Beauty and the Beast and Plato's Prisoner
by Leilani Mueller 177
18. True Love in Frozen
by Jamey Heit 185
Part V "Always Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide" 193
19. Mencius Spins The Emperor's New Groove
by Dean A. Kowalski 195
20. "Handed Down from Goof to Goof": What Goofy Can Teach Us About Becoming Good
by Robert M. Mentyka 207
21. "Let Slip the (Donald) Ducks of War!": Ethical Considerations About Disney's War Propaganda
by Tuomas W. Manninen 217
22. WALL.E, the Environment, and Our Duties to Future Generations
by J. Edward Hackett 227
23. Is There Any Utopia in Zootopia?
by Alexander Christian 235
Part VI The Wonderful Worldview of Disney 245
24. How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Disney: Marx and Marcuse at Disney World
by Elizabeth Butterfield 247
25. Colonizing the Geography of the Imagination: Media, Mind, and the Magic Kingdom
by Read Mercer Schuchardt 259
26. "We're All Gonna Die": Death and the Cycle of Life in Disney
by Jessica Miller 271
27. Liberty Square in the Shadow of Cinderella's Castle: Political Philosophy in Disney's Theme Parks
by Joseph Foy 283
Index 293