Leigh reviewed The Pig That Wants to be Eaten: And Ninety-Nine Other Thought Experiments on + 378 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
About half of these short, hypothetical situations provoked some real, honest, and sometimes brutal conversations between me and my husband; the others were quickly forgotten. We found much of the book to be filled either with ideas on which we readily agreed or ones where there was little or no debate to be had - they were "givens."
I could have done without the minor, snarky comments about Americans from the British author. Those comments bloomed into a lot of fun conversations, too.
The one that sparked the best, most insightful, most hurtful conversation was #4: a situation involving the morality of virtual sex - not cybersex as we know it, mind you, but actual sex with a virtual woman. You'll definitely understand your partner better after discussing this scenario.
Also of note is the concept of moral luck; for instance, if you drive drunk and never get caught, are you any less moral than the person who drives drunk and gets pulled over? How much does luck factor in to how we consider morality?
I could have done without the minor, snarky comments about Americans from the British author. Those comments bloomed into a lot of fun conversations, too.
The one that sparked the best, most insightful, most hurtful conversation was #4: a situation involving the morality of virtual sex - not cybersex as we know it, mind you, but actual sex with a virtual woman. You'll definitely understand your partner better after discussing this scenario.
Also of note is the concept of moral luck; for instance, if you drive drunk and never get caught, are you any less moral than the person who drives drunk and gets pulled over? How much does luck factor in to how we consider morality?
