Would You Eat Your Cat?: Key Ethical Conundrums and What They Tell You About Yourself

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Ethics & Moral Philosophy
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Author: Jeremy Stangroom ISBN: 9780393344622
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: November 19, 2012
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Jeremy Stangroom
ISBN: 9780393344622
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: November 19, 2012
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

Are you authoritarian or libertarian? Are we morally obligated to end the world? And just what’s wrong with eating your cat?

Would You Eat Your Cat? challenges you to examine these and many other philosophical questions. This unique collection of classic and modern problems and paradoxes is guaranteed to test your preconceptions. Jeremy Stangroom creates contemporary versions of famous dilemmas that explore the morality of suicide and the ethics of retribution. He then delves into the background of each conundrum in detail and helps you discover what your responses reveal about yourself with a unique morality barometer. Are you ready to have your best ideas confronted and your ethical foundations shaken? If so, then Would You Eat Your Cat? is the book for you.

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Are you authoritarian or libertarian? Are we morally obligated to end the world? And just what’s wrong with eating your cat?

Would You Eat Your Cat? challenges you to examine these and many other philosophical questions. This unique collection of classic and modern problems and paradoxes is guaranteed to test your preconceptions. Jeremy Stangroom creates contemporary versions of famous dilemmas that explore the morality of suicide and the ethics of retribution. He then delves into the background of each conundrum in detail and helps you discover what your responses reveal about yourself with a unique morality barometer. Are you ready to have your best ideas confronted and your ethical foundations shaken? If so, then Would You Eat Your Cat? is the book for you.

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