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Reasons and Persons (Oxford Paperbacks)
Derek Parfit
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Description for Reasons and Persons (Oxford Paperbacks)
Paperback. This book challenges, with several powerful arguments, some of our deepest beliefs about rationality, morality, and personal identity. Num Pages: 560 pages, 28figs. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 193 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 570.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford Paperbacks England
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Condition
New
Weight
568g
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198249085
SKU
V9780198249085
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Reviews for Reasons and Persons (Oxford Paperbacks)
In Reasons and Persons, [Parfit's] clipped prose, with its repetitive sentences, poetic cadence and sly humour becomes the vehicle for a depth and range of insight rarely matched in recent philosophy.
Kieran Setiya, Times Literary Supplement
Very few works in the subject can compare with Parfit's in scope, fertility, imaginative resource, and cogency of reasoning.
P.F. Strawson, ... Read more
Kieran Setiya, Times Literary Supplement
Very few works in the subject can compare with Parfit's in scope, fertility, imaginative resource, and cogency of reasoning.
P.F. Strawson, ... Read more