As Baggini points out, the mere fact that most of us find the idea of killing and eating such an animal revolting doesn't establish that we would be morally wrong to do so. However, five workers are working on the other track and they you would be directly responsible for their death if you pull the lever. The crockpot and the Foreman grill have no role in their future. While the book could be examined every now and then and read only occasionally, I ended up finishing it very quickly. Paperback , pages. How well the book turns out is, of course, critically dependent on two factors: Each chapter raises questions and dilemmas with no easy answers. 
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But, the final child was the only one who actually knew that their letter actually sent.
The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten by Julian Baggini: | : Books
But it was impossible to keep this up and I eventually just read through them sequentially, and I feel at this point I lost my enjoyment. May 26, Arimo rated it really liked it Shelves: It was just easy in the sense that there was no super deep thought in the book. The book is also a lovely little trip down memory lane if you are a more advanced philosopher, taking a fresh look at all those old conundrums that got you interested in philosophy in the first place.
What we thought was the firm ground beneath our feet suddenly crumbles and we're left dangling over a void. Which makes this book a great one for those who are easily bored by reading walls of text, but don't mind spending too much time with it. The format is essentially the same as that first successfully introduced by Martin Cohen's Philosophy Problems.
Most of the stories are related to problem-solving and decision making which can be happened in our daily lives.
But everything you seem to observe around you, including this newspaper, is actually virtual. Mar 15, Jason rated it it was ok Recommends it for: He goes too far into "what if" land.
The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher
The beetle in the box In each of its chapters, he spends one page detailing a thought experiment and then two pages afterward discussing its philosophical implications. Clear examples of dilemmas and how to solve them. Baggini has taken famous philosophical conundrums, re-written them in his bs words and then added a brief discussion of the topic at hand.
Some of the experiments were clearly crammed in to make because they are bad. The transition from living food provider to dead food source would, I imagine, be rapid.
The Pig That Wants To Be Eaten : And 99 Other Thought Experiments
View all 7 comments. The topics range from the necessity of torture, to supererogatory behavior, to the wantss of godless morality, and much more. I thought I would never manage to finish this book mostly just do to the fact that this is so long to read out because it does not stay in the same place the whole time so I get lost every now and then but overall an okay book.
Triumph of marketing over content, I guess. These can be used at face value, as short sharp ideas that you may not have thought about before or as a starting block for more serious thought and contemplation.
Squaring the faten In just a few sentences, it pgi to demolish something we would ordinarily take entirely for granted: Julian Baggini is a masterful thinker who poses captivating arguments from various perspectives.
He does not go deep into the analysis of any of the questions, because that would go way beyond the scope of this book. How can you tell this hasn't happened: Julian Baggini is a British philosopher and the author of several books about philosophy written for a general audience.
I think that the most interesting one of this little stories is when Hitler sent a missionary to try and persuade the British to turn their heads at the actions they cause. I read it over a period of months as it deserves as each thought experiment requires a baggimi mulling over. So did any of them really care about their mother receiving the letters?
Thta only got introduced to some good philosophy Sep 13, Tim rated it really liked it. For instance, one of the stories was about four kids who had all promised their mother that they would write letters to her while they were on a round-the-world trip.
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