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On What Matters: Volume Two

Parfit, Derek·2011
DOI 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199572816.001.0001
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This book is an important text in moral philosophy. It follows from the 1984 book Reasons and Persons, one of the landmarks of twentieth-century philosophy. The book presents a new treatment of reasons, rationality, and normativity, and a critical examination of three systematic moral theories — Kant's ethics, contractualism, and consequentialism — leading to a new synthetic conclusion. Along the way the volume 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. This book consists of four parts. The first part presents critiques of previous work by four of the world's leading moral philosophers. The second part contains responses. The third and longest part is a self-contained work on normativity, and the final part comprises seven chapters on Kant, reasons, irrationality, autonomy — and why the universe exists.

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Authors
Parfit, D.
Affiliations
University of Oxford (GB)
Corresponding author
Parfit, Derek
Publisher
Oxford University PressOxford
Published
2011-05-26
DOI
10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199572816.001.0001
OpenAlex
W4240707855
Cited by
216
References
47
Citations by year
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FWCI
6.75
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophical Ethics and Theory
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Philosophy and Ethics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Keywords
reason, rationality, normativity, moral theory, Kantian ethics, contractualism, consequentialism, consent, free will, moral responsibility, irrationality, autonomy, Reasons and Persons, existence of the universe

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