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- Title: Reasons and Persons
- Author : Derek Parfit
- Release Date : January 23, 1986
- Genre: Philosophy,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 10678 KB
Description
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.