"A collection of philosophical essays about the undead: beings such as vampires and zombies who are physically or mentally dead yet not at rest. Topics addressed include the metaphysics and ethics of undeath"--Provided by publisher.

Rev. ed of: The undead and philosophy.

Part I :It's alive (sort of) : Badness of undeath / Richard Greene -- Res corporealis : persons, bodies, and zombies / William S. Larkin -- "she's not your mother anymore, she's a zombie!" : zombies, value and personal identity / Hamish Thompson -- Dead serious : evil and the ontology of the undead / Manuel Vargas -- Zombies, Blade Runner, and the mind-body problem / Larry Hauser -- Part II : Undead white males : Heidegger the vampire slayer : the undead and funamental ontology / Adam Barrows -- When there's no more room in hell, the dead will shop the earth : Romero and Aristotle on zompies, happiness, and consumption / Matthew Walker -- Zombies, rest and motion : Spinoza and the speed of udeath / K. Silem Mohammad -- Part III : Dirty rotting scoundrels : Zombie gladiators / Dale Jacquette -- Should vampires be held accountable for their bloodthirsty behavior? / John Draeger -- Bloody connection between vampires and vegetarians / Wayne Yuen -- Damned if you do, damned if you don't : vampires and the hedonistic paradox / Robert Arp -- Deserving to be a vampire : the ethical and existential elements of vampirism / Ted M. Preston -- Part IV : Digging up the body politic : Political economy of no coercive vampire lifestyles / Douglas Glen Whitman -- Rousseau and the vampires : toward a political philosophy of the undead / Phillip Cole -- Undead martyr : sex, death, and revolution in George Romero's zombie films / Simon Clark -- When they aren't eating us, they bring us together : zombies and the American social contract / Leah A. Murray -- Part V : Leaving a good-looking corpse : Fear of fear itself : the philosophy of Halloween / Noël Carroll -- "Powerful, beautiful, and without regret" : femininity, masculinity, and the vampire aesthetic / Joan Grassbaugh Forry -- True and untrue blood / Rachel Robison -- Twilight of infinite desire / Randall E. Auxier and Eileen Townsend.