El cerdo que quería ser jamón

Is it okay to eat a pig that thinks its life only makes sense if someone eats it, once it's dead and turned into succulent ham? Julian Baggini, one of the most prominent British philosophers, offers us in this book a series of thought experiments that will make us think. These are short stories that pose moral or philosophical dilemmas in a very graphic and fun way, and invite the reader to think for himself the possible answers. From Zeno's paradox to Nietzsche's theory of eternal return, going through the contradictions of multiculturalism or the mysteries posed by Plato's cave, Baggini wonders if it is right to punish someone for something they have not yet done, how to know if we are awake or asleep, or whether virtual sex should be considered infidelity. Baggini provides us with cinematographic, literary and philosophical examples that make this book an entertaining exercise in mental gymnastics, full of questions that inspire the reader to think and use their imagination, because, as the author says, "imagination without reason is mere fantasy but reason without imagination is sterile.