The pig that wants to be eaten
Subtitle: and 99 other thought experiments
By: Julian Baggini.
Publisher: Granta
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9781862078550
Subjects: Philosophy.; Philosophy -- Problems, exercises, etc.
Genres: Problems, exercises, etc.
Other titles: Dr. George Hole
Description: Presents 100 thought experiments, short scenarios that pose a moral or philosophical problem in a vivid and concrete way.
Notes: Dr. Geroge Hole

Originally published: 2005.

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