Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit

Reasons and Persons

Derek Parfit

560 pages first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology challenging reflective slow-paced
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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 ...

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