On what matters /
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 exam...
| Основен автор: | Parfit, Derek. |
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| Други автори: | Scheffler, Samuel, 1951- (Author of introduction, etc.) |
| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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| Серия: |
Berkeley Tanner lectures.
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| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
"This two-volume work is the sixth in a series of books based on the Berkeley-Tanner Lectures"--P. [ii]. |
| Физически характеристики: |
2 v. (xlviii, 540; xiii, 825) ; 24 cm. HOLDINGS: Vols. 1,2 |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9780199572809 (v. 1) 0199572801 (v. 1) 9780199572816 (v. 2) 019957281X (v. 2) 9780199265923 (set) 0199265925 (set) |