Name: On What Matters [Complete two Volume Set]
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Author: Parfit, Derek
ISBN: 9780199265923

portada On What Matters [Complete two Volume Set]

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Oxford Univ Pr

Author

Parfit, Derek

Year

2011

Language

English

Pages

1364

Format

Hardcover

Weight

4.90

ISBN13

9780199265923

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Synopsis "On What Matters [Complete two Volume Set]"

On What Matters is a major work in moral philosophy. It is the long-awaited follow-up to Derek Parfit's 1984 book Reasons and Persons, one of the landmarks of twentieth-century philosophy. Parfit now presents a powerful new treatment of reasons, rationality, and normativity, and a critical examination of three systematic moral theories - Kant's ethics, contractualism, and consequentialism - leading to his own ground-breaking synthetic conclusion. Along the way he discusses a wide range of moral issues, such as the significance of consent, treating people as a means rather than an end, and free will and responsibility. On What Matters is already the most-discussed work in moral philosophy: its publication is likely to establish it as a modern classic which everyone working on moral philosophy will have to read, and which many others will turn to for stimulation and illumination.