The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher,9780452287440

The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher

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ISBN13: 9780452287440
ISBN10: 0452287448
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Pub. Date: 2006-06-27
Publisher(s): Plume
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Summary

Both entertaining and startling, The Pig That Wants to Be Eatenoffers one hundred philosophical puzzles that stimulate thought on a host of moral, social, and personal dilemmas. Taking examples from sources as diverse as Plato and Steven Spielberg, author Julian Baggini presents abstract philosophical issues in concrete terms, suggesting possible solutions while encouraging readers to draw their own conclusions:Lively, clever, and thought-provoking, The Pig That Wants to Be Eatenis a portable feast for the mind that is sure to satisfy any intellectual appetite. BACKCOVER: Thinking again is what this taut, incisive, bullet-hard book is dedicated to promoting.” —The Sunday Times(London) This book is like the Sudoku of moral philosophy: apply your mind to any of its ‘thought experiments’ while stuck on the Tube, and quickly be transported out of rush-hour hell.” —New Statesman

Author Biography

JULIAN BAGGINI is the editor of The Philosopher-'s Magazine.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Acknowledgements xii
A note on sources xiii
1. The evil demon
1(3)
2. Beam me up...
4(3)
3. The Indian and the ice
7(3)
4. A byte on the side
10(3)
5. The pig that wants to be eaten
13(3)
6. Wheel of fortune
16(3)
7. When no one wins
19(3)
8. Good God
22(3)
9. Bigger Brother
25(3)
10. The veil of ignorance
28(3)
11. The ship Theseus
31(3)
12. Picasso on the beach
34(3)
13. Black, white and red all over
37(3)
14. Bank error in your favour
40(3)
15. Ordinary heroism
43(3)
16. Racing tortoises
46(3)
17. The torture option
49(3)
18. Rationality demands
52(3)
19. Bursting the soap bubble
55(3)
20. Condemned to life
58(3)
21. Land of the Epiphens
61(3)
22. The lifeboat
64(3)
23. The beetle in the box
67(3)
24. Squaring the circle
70(3)
25. Buridan's an ass
73(3)
26. Pain's remains
76(3)
27. Duties done
79(3)
28. The nightmare scenario
82(3)
29. Life dependency
85(3)
30. Memories are made of this
88(3)
31. Just so
91(3)
32. Free Simone
94(3)
33. The free-speech booth
97(3)
34. Don't blame me
100(3)
35. Last resort
103(3)
36. Pre-emptive justice
106(3)
37. Nature the artist
109(3)
38. I am a brain
112(3)
39. The Chinese room
115(3)
40. The rocking-horse winner
118(3)
41. Getting the blues
121(3)
42. Take the money and run
124(3)
43. Future shock
127(3)
44. Till death us do part
130(3)
45. The invisible gardener
133(3)
46. Amoebaesque
136(3)
47. Rabbit!
139(3)
48. Evil genius
142(3)
49. The hole in the sum of the parts
145(3)
50. The good bribe
148(3)
51. Living in a vat
151(3)
52. More or less
154(3)
53. Double trouble
157(3)
54. The elusive I
160(3)
55. Sustainable development
163(3)
56. The total perspective vortex
166(3)
57. Eating Tiddles
169(3)
58. Divine command
172(3)
59. The eyes have it
175(3)
60. Do as I say, not as I do
178(3)
61. Mozzarella moon
181(3)
62. I think, therefore?
184(3)
63. No know
187(3)
64. Nipping the bud
190(3)
65. Soul power
193(3)
66. The forger
196(3)
67. The poppadom paradox
199(3)
68. Mad pain
202(3)
69. The horror
205(3)
70. An inspector calls
208(3)
71. Life support
211(3)
72. Free Percy
214(3)
73. Being a bat
217(3)
74. Water, water, everywhere
220(3)
75. The ring of Gyges
223(3)
76. Net head
226(3)
77. The scapegoat
229(3)
78. Gambling on God
232(3)
79. A Clockwork Orange
235(3)
80. Hearts and heads
238(3)
81. Sense and sensibility
241(3)
82. The freeloader
244(3)
83. The golden rule
247(3)
84. The pleasure principle
250(3)
85. The nowhere man
253(3)
86. Art for art's sake
256(3)
87. Fair inequality
259(3)
88. Total lack of recall
262(3)
89. Kill and let die
265(3)
90. Something we know not what
268(3)
91. No one gets hurt
271(3)
92. Autogovernment
274(3)
93. Zombies
277(3)
94. The Sorites tax
280(3)
95. The problem of evil
283(3)
96. Family first
286(3)
97. Moral luck
289(3)
98. The experience machine
292(3)
99. Give peace a chance?
295(3)
100. The Nest café 298(3)
Index 301

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