Description
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.
- Authors:
- Parfit, Derek (All Souls, Oxford)
- Year Published:
- 2011
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Multiple-component retail product
- ISBN:
- 9780199265923
- Number of Pages:
- 1440
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford
- Publication Date:
- 26/05/2011
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Series:
- The Berkeley Tanner Lectures
- Language:
- English
- Imprint:
- Oxford University Press
- SKU:
- 9780199265923
