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Parfit's Ethics
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Parfit's Ethics
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Richard Yetter Chappell
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| Series | Elements in Ethics |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:75 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 150 |
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| Category/Genre | Ethics and moral philosophy
Social and political philosophy |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781108730532
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| Classifications | Dewey:170 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
13 May 2021 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Derek Parfit (1942-2017) was one of the most important and influential moral philosophers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. This Element offers a critical introduction to his wide-ranging ethical thought, focusing especially on his two most significant works, Reasons and Persons (1984) and On What Matters (2011), and their contribution to the consequentialist moral tradition. Topics covered include: rationality and objectivity, distributive justice, self-defeating moral theories, Parfit's Triple Theory (according to which consequentialism, contractualism, and Kantian ethics ultimately converge), personal identity, and population ethics.
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