Description
A landmark work in contemporary analytic philosophy, this book examines the foundations of rational decision-making, personal identity, and morality. Through rigorous argument and vividly constructed thought experiments, it challenges common assumptions about what makes a person the same over time and how individuals should weigh their present interests against those of others and future generations. Its exploration of self-interest, altruism, population ethics, and the nature of persons develops a powerful case for understanding identity in less absolute terms. Demanding yet deeply rewarding, the work combines philosophical precision with questions of urgent human significance.
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paperback
Oxford University Press, USA
Published Feb 20, 1986
560 pages
ISBN: 9780198249085
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First Published
1984
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit.