What matters in survival : personal identity and other possibilities /

For common sense there is such a relation and it is identity, but according to Parfit common sense is wrong in this respect. Identity is not what matters in survival. Douglas Ehring argues that this Parfitian thesis does not go far enough. The result is the highly radical view 'Survival Nihilis...

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Personal identity and other possibilities
1. Verfasser:
Ehring, Douglas
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
For common sense there is such a relation and it is identity, but according to Parfit common sense is wrong in this respect. Identity is not what matters in survival. Douglas Ehring argues that this Parfitian thesis does not go far enough. The result is the highly radical view 'Survival Nihilism', according to which nothing matters in survival.
Umfang:
1 online resource (226 pages).
Anmerkungen:
This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-191559-9
0-19-264754-7
0-19-264753-9
Schlagworte:
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Survival.
Normativity (Ethics)
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