Reasons and Persons

Challenging, with several powerful arguments, some of our deepest beliefs about rationality, morality, and personal identity, Derek Parfit claims that we have a false view about our own nature. It is often rational to act against our own best interests, he argues, and most of us have moral views that are self-defeating. We often act wrongly, although we know there will be no one with serious grounds for complaint, and when we consider future generations it is very hard to avoid conclusions that most of us will find very disturbing.

Author: Derek Parfit
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 02/20/1986
Pages: 560
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 7.74h x 5.20w x 1.23d
ISBN: 9780198249085
Revised Edition