Reasons and Persons

E1035433
book work of moral philosophy

Reasons and Persons is a highly influential work of moral philosophy that challenges conventional views on personal identity, rationality, and ethics through rigorous argument and thought experiments.

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Reasons and Persons, 1984 1

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instanceOf book ⓘ
work of moral philosophy ⓘ
academicDiscipline philosophy ⓘ
advancesView personal identity is not what matters ⓘ
arguesAgainst simple view of personal identity ⓘ
author Derek Parfit NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizes certain forms of consequentialism ⓘ
common-sense morality ⓘ
ethical egoism ⓘ
self-interest theory ⓘ
discusses future Tuesday indifference ⓘ
non-identity problem ⓘ
population ethics ⓘ
self-defeating moral theories ⓘ
split-brain cases ⓘ
teletransportation thought experiments ⓘ
genre ethics ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of personal identity ⓘ
hasPart Part Four: Future Generations ⓘ
Part One: Self-defeating Theories NERFINISHED ⓘ
Part Three: Personal Identity ⓘ
Part Two: Rationality and Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReputation highly influential in moral philosophy ⓘ
influenced contemporary ethics ⓘ
personal identity literature ⓘ
population ethics debates ⓘ
rational choice theory in philosophy ⓘ
introducesConcept Relation R (psychological continuity and connectedness) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Repugnant Conclusion NERFINISHED ⓘ
isbn 978-0-19-824908-5 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTopic ethics ⓘ
personal identity ⓘ
population ethics ⓘ
rationality ⓘ
theory of reasons ⓘ
pageCount 560 ⓘ
philosophicalTradition analytic philosophy ⓘ
proposes reductionist view of personal identity ⓘ
publicationYear 1984 ⓘ
publisher Oxford University Press ⓘ
usesMethod analytic argumentation ⓘ
thought experiments ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Reasons and Persons, 1984