Principles and persons : the legacy of Derek Parfit /
McMahan, Jeff,editor.
Campbell, Tim(Timothy),editor.
Goodrich, James(James Patrick),editor.
Ramakrishnan, Ketan,editor.
Parfit, Derek,honoree.
Principles and Persons contains twenty-one new essays addressed to themes drawn from the work of the late Derek Parfit. Topics include the nature of reasons and duties, the rationality of our attitudes to time, and the question of personal identity.
"This book is therefore only the first of three volumes that will appear as memorials to Derek Parfit: two collections of philosophical essays and one volume of intellectual biography and memoir."--Page 2.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Principles and Persons contains twenty-one new essays addressed to themes drawn from the work of the late Derek Parfit. Topics include the nature of reasons and duties, the rationality of our attitudes to time, and the question of personal identity.
Parfit, Derek
Ethics.
Normativity (Ethics)
Consequentialism (Ethics)
Reason
Reductionism.
Responsibility
Agent (Philosophy)
Identity (Psychology)