{"product_id":"the-pig-that-wants-to-be-eaten-isbn-9780452287440","title":"The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this captivating collection of philosophical puzzles, Julian Baggini serves up a mental feast that will leave you craving more.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe perfect gift for lovers of philosophy or mining intelligent ice-breaker topics for your next party, \u003ci\u003eThe Pig That Wants to Be Eaten\u003c\/i\u003e offers 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.The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten\u003ci\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eA note on sources\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The evil demon\u003cbr\u003e2. Beam me up . . .\u003cbr\u003e3. The Indian and the ice\u003cbr\u003e4. A byte on the side\u003cbr\u003e5. The pig that wants to be eaten\u003cbr\u003e6. Wheel of fortune\u003cbr\u003e7. When no one wins\u003cbr\u003e8. Good God\u003cbr\u003e9. Bigger Brother\u003cbr\u003e10. The veil of ignorance\u003cbr\u003e11. The ship \u003ci\u003eTheseus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. Picasso on the beach\u003cbr\u003e13. Black, white and red all over\u003cbr\u003e14. Bank error in your favour\u003cbr\u003e15. Ordinary heroism\u003cbr\u003e16. Racing tortoises\u003cbr\u003e17. The torture option\u003cbr\u003e18. Rationality demands\u003cbr\u003e19. Bursting the sop bubble\u003cbr\u003e20. Condemned to life\u003cbr\u003e21. Land of the Epiphens\u003cbr\u003e22. The lifeboat\u003cbr\u003e23. The beetle in the box\u003cbr\u003e24. Squaring the circle\u003cbr\u003e25. Buridan's an ass\u003cbr\u003e26. Pain's remains\u003cbr\u003e27. Duties done\u003cbr\u003e28. The nightmare scenario\u003cbr\u003e29. Life dependency\u003cbr\u003e30. Memories are made of this\u003cbr\u003e31. Just so\u003cbr\u003e32. Free Simone\u003cbr\u003e33. The free-speech booth\u003cbr\u003e34. Don't blame me\u003cbr\u003e35. Last resort\u003cbr\u003e36. Pre-emptive justice\u003cbr\u003e37. Nature the artist\u003cbr\u003e38. I am a brain\u003cbr\u003e39. The Chinese room\u003cbr\u003e40. The rocking-horse winner\u003cbr\u003e41. Getting the blues\u003cbr\u003e42. Take the money and run\u003cbr\u003e43. Future shock\u003cbr\u003e44. Till death us do part\u003cbr\u003e45. The invisible gardener\u003cbr\u003e46. Amoebaesque\u003cbr\u003e47. Rabbit!\u003cbr\u003e48. Evil genius\u003cbr\u003e49. The hole in the sum of the parts\u003cbr\u003e50. The good bribe\u003cbr\u003e51. Living in a vat\u003cbr\u003e52. More or less\u003cbr\u003e53. Double trouble\u003cbr\u003e54. The elusive I\u003cbr\u003e55. Sustainable development\u003cbr\u003e56. The total perspective vortex\u003cbr\u003e57. Eating Tiddles\u003cbr\u003e58. Divine command\u003cbr\u003e59. The eyes have it\u003cbr\u003e60. Do as I say, not as I do\u003cbr\u003e61. Mozzarella moon\u003cbr\u003e62. I think, therefore?\u003cbr\u003e63. No know\u003cbr\u003e64. Nipping the bud\u003cbr\u003e65. Soul power\u003cbr\u003e66. The forger\u003cbr\u003e67. The poppadom paradox\u003cbr\u003e68. Mad pain\u003cbr\u003e69. The horror\u003cbr\u003e70. An inspector calls\u003cbr\u003e71. Life support\u003cbr\u003e72. Free Percy\u003cbr\u003e73. Being a bat\u003cbr\u003e74. Water, water, everywhere\u003cbr\u003e75. The ring of Gyges\u003cbr\u003e76. Net head\u003cbr\u003e77. The scapegoat\u003cbr\u003e78. Gambling on God\u003cbr\u003e79. A Clockwork Orange\u003cbr\u003e80. Hearts and heads\u003cbr\u003e81. Sense and sensibility\u003cbr\u003e82. The freeloader\u003cbr\u003e83. The golden rule\u003cbr\u003e84. The pleasure principle\u003cbr\u003e85. The nowhere man\u003cbr\u003e86. Art for art's sake\u003cbr\u003e87. Fair inequality\u003cbr\u003e88. Total lack of recall\u003cbr\u003e89. Kill and let die\u003cbr\u003e90. Something we know not what\u003cbr\u003e91. No one gets hurt\u003cbr\u003e92. Autogovernment\u003cbr\u003e93. Zombies\u003cbr\u003e94. The Sorites tax\u003cbr\u003e95. The problem of evil\u003cbr\u003e96. Family first\u003cbr\u003e97. Moral luck\u003cbr\u003e98. The experience machine\u003cbr\u003e99. Give peace a chance?\u003cbr\u003e100. The Nest café\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e“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.”\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—New Statesman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulian Baggini\u003c\/b\u003e is a philosopher and the author of several books about philosophy written for a general audience. He is co-founder of \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophers' Magazine \u003c\/i\u003eand lives in England. Baggini has written for numerous newspapers and magazines including the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Prospect and the Guardian, as well as for the think tanks The Institute of Public Policy Research, Demos and Counterpoint.","brand":"Plume","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305076478181,"sku":"NP9780452287440","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780452287440.jpg?v=1767740961","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-pig-that-wants-to-be-eaten-isbn-9780452287440","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}