This is hardly philosophy, and it tries so hard at times to make good arguments (which, again, are not philosophy). I only give two stars because there are a handful that do make you think a little, and at least some classical philosophical problems are presented (such as Zeno's paradoxes and the Ship of Theseus).

because of the gimmick-y nature of the "one hundred" thought experiments, the book is shallow and repetitive. baggini also often forces his own opinions as the only reasonable conclusion, particularly when he suggests that "If God is good, it is because God is and chooses to do what is already good God doesn't make something good by choosing it; he chooses it because it is good." well, descartes would disagree. i also thought it kinda screwy that baggini didn't distinguish between sources and influences ("Readers should therefore assume that these sources [cited in the thought experiment] provide no more than the inspiration for the scenarios in this book.") when several of the thought experiments are lifted wholesale from the source.

The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten offers one hundred philosophical thought-experiments. To get the most out of it, you might want to pull it out and discuss a thought-experiment with some friends because the book doesn't do much more than present the thought-experiments one after the other.

Boring...

Dry (and weirdly conservative, thanks old British guy). Not sure this book is worth much if you read it from start to finish on your own (like I did).

Depending on what kind of parties you like to throw, I'd suggest gathering some philosophically minded friends, flipping to a random page, explaining the thought experiment and discussing it as a group.

This one was read for a book club. The little dilemmas and questions are good to talk over with people and so that’s fun. But the pontificating by the author wasn’t particularly necessary. I can pontificate very well in my own, thank you very much.

Most (all?) of the scenarios come from other works: Douglas Adams (title scenario), Zeno’s paradox, the trolley problem, etc. Lots of repeated themes.

The one most interesting to me to think about was #21, Land of the Epiphens. Do you think your thoughts or do they come to you? “Indeed, if you think about thinking, there does seem to be something almost involuntary about it. Solutions ‘come to us’, for example, not we to them.”