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Derek Parfit’s Reasons and Persons: An Introduction and Critical Inquiry book cover

1st Edition

Derek Parfit’s Reasons and Persons An Introduction and Critical Inquiry

Edited By Andrea Sauchelli Copyright 2020
280 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Derek Parfit (1942–2017) is widely considered to be one of the most important moral philosophers of the twentieth century. Reasons and Persons is arguably the most influential of the two books published in his lifetime and hailed as a classic work of ethics and personal identity. Derek Parfit’s Reasons and Persons : An Introduction and Critical Inquiry is an outstanding introduction to... Read more

Introduction to the Collection Andrea Sauchelli

Part 1

1. Toward a Unified Theory of Morality: An Introduction to Part One of Reasons and Persons Ben Eggleston

2. Introduction to Part Two: Rationality and Time Brian Hedden

3. Introduction to Part Three: Personal Identity Andrea Sauchelli

4. Parfit, Population Ethics and Pareto Plus: Reasons and Persons Part Four Melinda Roberts

5. An Opinionated Guide to "What Makes Someone’s Life Go Best" Chris Heathwood

Part 2

6. In a Different League: Intransitivity, Betterness, and League-Based Satisficing Chrisoula Andreou

7. Conativism About Personal Identity David Braddon-Mitchell and Kristie Miller

8. Reasons and Conscious Persons Christian Coseru

9. Transformative Choice and the Non-Identity Problem Nilanjan Das and L.A. Paul

10. Prudence and Self-Concern’Dale Dorsey, ‘

11. Reductionism, Self-Constitution, and The Moral Significance of Personal Identity Carol Rovane

12. Non-Identical and Impersonal J. David Velleman.

Index

Biography

Andrea Sauchelli is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. His book Personal Identity and Applied Ethics: A Historical and Philosophical Introduction is also available from Routledge.

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