306 pages
English language
Published July 29, 2006 by Granta.
Presents 100 thought experiments, short scenarios that pose a moral or philosophical problem in a vivid and concrete way.
"The Pig That Wanted to Be Eaten" by Julian Baggini is a fun exercise in armchair philosophy. It presents 100 short scenarios that test out numerous philosophical stances and ideas. A good place to whet your appetite for philosophy and have some fun things to ask at dinner parties.
A collection of thought experiments, intuition pumps, and what-if questions from the world of philosophy. Some of them were already familiar to me, though most were new, and I expect that a professional philosopher won't find anything new here (except maybe new ways of presenting these topics to students).
Baggini doesn't provide any answers, since the whole point is to invite the reader to think about them and come to their own conclusions.
