Description
| Product ID: | 9780199681037 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | The Berkeley Tanner Lectures |
| Title: | On What Matters |
| Subtitle: | Volume One |
| Authors: | Author: Derek Parfit |
| Page Count: | 592 |
| Subjects: | Western philosophy from c 1800, Western philosophy, from c 1900 -, Ethics and moral philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This is the first volume of a major work in moral philosophy, the long-awaited follow-up to Parfit's classic Reasons and Persons, a landmark of 20th-century philosophy. Parfit presents a powerful new treatment of reasons and a critical examination of the most prominent systematic moral theories, leading to his own ground-breaking conclusion. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2013-07-11 |
