• See large image

  The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher (Paperback) By (author) Julian Baggini

  

  $13.41 - Save $1.59 10% off - RRP $15.00 Free shipping worldwide (to United States and
  all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours Add to basket | Add to wishlist |

  Short Description for The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten Both entertaining and startling, this volume offers 100 philosophical puzzles that stimulate thought on a host of moral, social, and personal dilemmas and encourage readers to draw their own conclusions.
  Full description

  • Publisher: Plume Books
  • Published: 01 July 2006
  • Format: Paperback 306 pages
  • See: Full bibliographic data
  • Categories: Ethics & Moral Philosophy
  • ISBN 13: 9780452287440 ISBN 10: 0452287448
  • Sales rank: 63,754

• The Duck That Won the Lottery

  

  Add to basket $13.85 - Save $1.15 (7%) - RRP $15.00

• The Philosopher's Toolkit

  

  Add to basket $20.46 - Save $1.49 (6%) - RRP $21.95

• The Meaning of Things

  

  Add to basket $11.76 - Save $2.25 16% off - RRP $14.01

• Do You Think What You Think You ...

  

  Add to basket $12.36 - Save $1.64 11% off - RRP $14.00

• Rulebook for Arguments

  

  Add to basket $9.27 - Save $1.98 17% off - RRP $11.25

Full description for The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten

• Both entertaining and startling, The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten 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: Lively, clever, and thought-provoking, The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten is a portable feast for the mind that is sure to satisfy any intellectual appetite.