Reasons and Persons
Derek Parfit
ISBN: | 9780198249085 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, USA |
Published: | 28 February, 1986 |
Format: | Paperback |
Language: | English |
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Reasons and Persons
Derek Parfit
This book challenges, with several powerful arguments, some of our deepest beliefs about rationality, morality, and personal identity. The author claims that we have a false view of our own nature; that it is often rational to act against our own best interests; that most of us have moral views that are directly self-defeating; and that, when we consider future generations the conclusions will often be disturbing. He concludes that moral non-religious moral philosophy is a young subject, with a promising but unpredictable future.
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