Derek Parfit - Reasons and Persons torrent

Category: Documentary, Misc. Non-fiction, Science
Language: English
Keywords: Philosophy 20th Century Ethics Morality Theory Praxis

Written by Derek Parfit
Read by Peter Batchelor
Format: MP3
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Reasons and Persons
By: Derek Parfit
Narrated by: Peter Batchelor
Length: 29 hrs and 18 mins
Audiobook
Release date: 03-19-21
Language: English
Publisher: Upfront Books

Publisher’s summary

Challenging, with several powerful arguments, some of our deepest beliefs about rationality, morality, and personal identity, 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.

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