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Reasons and Persons

Derek Parfit

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English
Oxford University Press
23 January 1986
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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Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 196mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 29mm
Weight:   581g
ISBN:   9780198249085
ISBN 10:   019824908X
Pages:   560
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for Reasons and Persons

Very few works in the subject can compare with Parfit's in scope, fertility, imaginative resource, and cogency of reasoning. P.F. Strawson, The New York Review of Books


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