Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar...

A while back, I recieved a birthday gift from my brother. It was the bestselling book, "Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar...". The book offers a new and unique way to understand philosophy, and the way is though jokes. Yes, the book offers a long list of jokes that help the reader understand certain philosophical theories and ideas. Here is an example of a joke from the book that illustrates the utilitarian line of reasoning:
Mrs. O'Callahan instructed the artist painting her portrait to add to it a gold bracelet on each of her wrists, a strand of pearls around her neck, ruby earrings, and a diamond tiara.
The artist pointed out that would be tantamount to lying.
Said Mrs. O'Callahan, "Look, my husband's running around with a young blonde. After I die, I want her to go crazy looking for the jewelry" (81).

According to the book this joke is told by a utilitarian protagonist, which reasons that the "moral rightness of an act is determined soley by its consequences". The consequence in this joke is the mistress wasting time searching for jewlery that doesnt exist. Overall, the book offers a new and novel way to look at the domain of philosophy, and the field of editors and publishers have agreed this book to be novel and therefore is has been a best selling creative work. If other domains would use jokes to relay knowlege to readers than more people might be able to understand seemingly difficult subjects more easily.