What's Wrong with Eating People?

33 More Perplexing Philosophy Puzzles

Peter Cave

• Publisher: Oneworld Publications
• Year: 2008
• eBook ISBN:
  9781780740737
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Philosophy History & Theory

The sensational follow-up to the bestselling Can a Robot be Human

In this stunning sequel to last Christmas' bestselling surprise hit, "Can a Robot be Human?", Peter Cave once again engages the reader in a romp through the best bits of philosophical thought. With the aid of tall stories, jokes, common sense and bizarre insights, Cave tackles some of life's most important questions and introduces the puzzles that will keep you pondering throughout the night. From encounters with bears (ethical dilemmas) to talking turkeys (the problem of induction), Cave storms through philosophy's classic conundrums with rapier wit and wisdom. Illustrated with quirky cartoons throughout, "What's Wrong With Eating People?" leaves no stone unturned, covering a smorgasbord of topics including logic, ethics, art and politics. It will provide a perfect gift for anyone who puzzles about the world!

Table of contents

• Cover
• About the Author
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• 1. On thinking too much: how not to win a princess’s hand
• 2. On the run: all’s fair with bears?
• 3. A pill for everything?
• 4. In no time at all
• 5. Man with pulley: waving or drowning?
• 6. ‘Hi, I’m Sir Isaac Newton – don’t mention the apples’
• 7. Should we save the jerboa?
• 8. When one makes two: dressing up
• 9. The life model: beauty, burglars, and beholders
• 10. An offer you can only refuse
• 11. Slothful Sloth speaks: ‘What will be, will be’
• 12. ‘Women and men are equal’ – really?
• 13. Humpty Dumpty advises Ms Turkey
• 14. Man or sheep?
• 15. … and the living is easy
• 16. ‘My beloved is mine’ or ‘The trouble with football is the other team’
• 17. God, chocolate, and Newcomb: take the box?
• 18. The brain
• 19. What’s wrong with eating people? or even Who’s for dinner?
• 20. How to gain whatever you want
• 21. ‘I am the greatest’ or ‘There ain’t no Sanity Claus’
• 22. Veils of woe: beats and peeping Toms too
• 23. Paintings, within and without
• 24. The unobtainable: when ‘yes’ means ‘no’
• 25. Past caring?
• 26. Beauty awake
• 27. The greatest miracle?
• 28. Cocktails, rivers, and Sir John Cutler’s stockings
• 29. Hove and late: a gruesome affair
• 30. If this be judging …
• 31. Do we make the stars?
• 32. Without end?
• 33. Fragile creatures that we are …
• Appendix 1. Further reading
• Appendix 2. Notes, sources, and references
• Appendix 3. Paradoxes and puzzles: a quick finder
• General Index