The pig that wants to be eaten
and 99 other thought experiments
By Julian Baggini
"The pig that wants to be eaten" is published by Granta in 2006 - London, it has 306 pages and the language of the book is English.
“The pig that wants to be eaten” Metadata:
- Title: The pig that wants to be eaten
- Author: Julian Baggini
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 306
- Publisher: Granta
- Publish Date: 2006
- Publish Location: London
“The pig that wants to be eaten” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Problems, exercises - Miscellanea - Philosophy - Games - Nonfiction - Ethics - Philosophy, miscellanea
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: xiii, 306 p. :
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL22861374M - OL5745559W
- ISBN-13: 9781862078550
- ISBN-10: 1862078556
- All ISBNs: 1862078556 - 9781862078550
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"The pig that wants to be eaten" Table Of Contents:
- 1- Preface
- 2- Acknowledgements
- 3- A note on sources
- 4- The evil demon
- 5- Beam me up…
- 6- The Indian and the ice
- 7- A byte on the side
- 8- The pig that wants to be eaten
- 9- Wheel of fortune
- 10- When no one wins
- 11- Good God
- 12- Bigger Brother
- 13- The veil of ignorance
- 14- The ship Theseus
- 15- Picasso on the beach
- 16- Black; white and red all over
- 17- Bank error in your favour
- 18- Ordinary heroism
- 19- Racing tortoises
- 20- The torture option
- 21- Rationality demands
- 22- Bursting the soap bubble
- 23- Condemned to life
- 24- Land of the Epiphens
- 25- The lifeboat
- 26- The beetle in the box
- 27- Squaring the circle
- 28- Buridan's an ass
- 29- Pain's remains
- 30- Duties done
- 31- The nightmare scenario
- 32- Life dependency
- 33- Memories are made of this
- 34- Just so
- 35- Free Simone
- 36- The free-speech booth
- 37- Don't blame me
- 38- Last resort
- 39- Pre-emptive justice
- 40- Nature the artist
- 41- I am a brain
- 42- The Chinese room
- 43- The rocking-horse winner
- 44- Getting the blues
- 45- Take the money and run
- 46- Future shock
- 47- Till death us do part
- 48- The invisible gardener
- 49- Amoebaesque
- 50- Rabbit!
- 51- Evil genius
- 52- The hole in the sum of the parts
- 53- The good bribe
- 54- Living in a vat
- 55- More or less
- 56- Double trouble
- 57- The elusive
- 58- Sustainable development
- 59- The total perspective vortex
- 60- Eating Tiddles
- 61- Divine command
- 62- The eyes have it
- 63- Do as I say, not as I do
- 64- Mozzarella moon
- 65- Think, therefore?
- 66- No know
- 67- Nipping the bud
- 68- Soul power
- 69- The forger
- 70- The poppadom paradox
- 71- Mad pain
- 72- The horror
- 73- An inspector calls
- 74- Life support
- 75- Free Percy
- 76- Being a bat
- 77- Water, water, everywhere
- 78- The ring of Gyges
- 79- Net head
- 80- The Scapegoat
- 81- Gambling on God
- 82- A Clockwork Orange
- 83- Hearts and Heads
- 84- Sense and Sensibility
- 85- The Freeloader
- 86- The Golden Rule
- 87- The Pleasure Principle
- 88- The Nowhere Man
- 89- Art for Art's Sake
- 90- Fair Inequality
- 91- Total Lack of Recall
- 92- Kill and Let Die
- 93- Something We Know Not What
- 94- No One Gets Hurt
- 95- Autogovernment
- 96- Zombies
- 97- The Sorites Tax
- 98- The Problem of Evil
- 99- Family First
- 100- Moral Luck
- 101- The Experience Machine
- 102- Give Peace a Chance?
- 103- The Nest Café
- 104- Index
"The pig that wants to be eaten" Description:
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Presents 100 thought experiments, short scenarios that pose a moral or philosophical problem in a vivid and concrete way.
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