What can Jim and Pam’s romantic antics teach us about moral philosophy?

Is Michael Scott in denial about death?

Is David Brent an essentialist?

What Dwight doesn’t know can’t hurt him—or can it?

Just when you thought paper couldn’t be more exciting, this book comes your way, uniting philosophy with one of the best shows ever: The Office. Addressing both the current American incarnation and the original British version, The Office and Philosophy brings these two wonders of civilization together for a frolic through the mundane yet curiously edifying worlds of Scranton’s Dunder-Mifflin and Slough’s Wernham-Hogg. Surprisingly, The Office can teach us about the mind, Aristotle, and humiliation.  Even more surprisingly, fictional companies can allow us to better understand business ethics.  Don’t believe it?  Open this book, and behold its beautiful paper…