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Reasons and Persons

Paperback • 1986 • English

Reasons and Persons

By Derek Parfit

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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...Show more

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9780198249085

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published year

1986

Language

English

Original title

Reasons and Persons

Format

Paperback

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