John Cottingham, "Essays on Derek Parfit's On What Matters"
English | ISBN: 140519698X | 2009 | 168 pages | PDF | 1108 KB
English | ISBN: 140519698X | 2009 | 168 pages | PDF | 1108 KB
In Essays on Derek Parfit's On What Matters, seven leading moral philosophers offer critical evaluations of the central ideas presented in a greatly anticipated new work by world-renowned moral philosopher Derek Parfit.
Presents critical assessments of what promises to be one of the key moral philosophy texts of our time
Features essays by a team of leading philosophers including Princeton's Michael Smith, one of the world's leading meta-ethicists
Addresses Parfit's central thesis - that the main ethical theories can agree on what matters - as well as his defense of moral realism