On what matters. Volume 1

This is the follow-up to Derek Parfit's 1984 book 'Reasons and Persons'. Parfit presents a powerful new treatment of reasons, rationality, and normativity, and a critical examination of three systematic moral theories - Kant's ethics, contractualism, and consequentialism - leadin...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Parfit, Derek
Weitere Verfasser:
Scheffler, Samuel
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Zusammenfassung:
This is the follow-up to Derek Parfit's 1984 book 'Reasons and Persons'. Parfit presents a powerful new treatment of reasons, rationality, and normativity, and a critical examination of three systematic moral theories - Kant's ethics, contractualism, and consequentialism - leading to his own ground-breaking synthetic conclusion.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xlviii, 540 p.)
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780191809866 (ebook) :
Schlagworte:
Ethics.
Reason.
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