On What Matters
Paperback 540 pages English Sep 15, 2013
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On What Matters is a major work in moral philosophy. It is the long-awaited follow-up to Derek Parfit's 1984 book Reasons and Persons, one of the landmarks of twentieth-century philosophy. In this first volume Parfit presents a powerful new treatment of reasons and rationality, and a critical examination of three systematic moral theories -- Kant's ethics, contractualism, and consequentialism -- leading to his own ground-breaking synthetic conclusion. Along the way he discusses a wide range of moral issues, such as the significance of consent, treating people as a means rather than an end, and free will and responsibility. On What Matters is already the most-discussed work in moral philosophy: its publication is likely to establish it as a modern classic which everyone working on moral philosophy will have to read, and which many others will turn to for stimulation and illumination.
- Author:
- Derek Parfit
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:
- Sep 15, 2013
- Number of pages:
- 540 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0199681031
- ISBN-13:
- 9780199681037