Wisecracks: humor and morality in everyday life

Part One: Humor, Morality, and the Relations between Them

"You Had to Be There!": The Nature of Humor

"That's Just Not Funny!": How Morality Does (and Doesn't) Bear on Humor

Part Two: Morally Troublesome Wisecracks: A Guided Tour

"Back When I Was in 'Nam . . .": Deceptive Wisecracks

"Lay Off!": Mockery, Misfortune, and Meanness

"Somebody Ought to Throw Those Boys a Basketball!": Stereotyping Humor

Part Three: Finding Funny

"I Feel Your Hilarious Pain": Flawed Senses of Humor, Flawed Senses of Morality

"Always Look on the Bright Side of Death": How and Why to Find the Funny in Pain and Tragedy.