Introduction

Nicholas Joll

1-24

"Eat me"

vegetarianism and consenting animals

Ben Saunders, Eloïse Harding

27-49

Mostly harmless?

Hitchhiker's and the ethics of entertainment

Nicholas Joll

50-72

Life, the universe, and absurdity

Amy Kind

75-100

The wowbagger case

immortality and what makes life meaningful

Timothy Chappell

101-126

"I think you ought to know i"m feeling very depressed"

marvin and artificial intelligence

Jerry Goodenough

129-152

From deep thought to digital metaphysics

Barry Dainton

153-181

"God … promptly vanishes in a puff of logic"

Michele Friend

185-212

The judo principle, philosophical method and the logic of jokes

Andrew Aberdein

213-235

The funniest of all improbable worlds

Hitchhiker's as philosophical satire

Alexander Pawlak, Nicholas Joll

236-268