| On What Matters: Volume Two Contributor(s): Parfit, Derek (Author) |
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ISBN: 019957281X ISBN-13: 9780199572816 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $57.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General |
| Dewey: 170 |
| LCCN: 2009029662 |
| Series: Berkeley Tanner Lectures |
| Physical Information: 2.5" H x 6" W x 9.3" (2.75 lbs) 848 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. In this first volume Parfit presents a powerful new treatment of reasons and rationality, 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. |