On What Matters, Volume Two

On What Matters, Volume Two

by Derek Parfit
ISBN-10:
019957281X
ISBN-13:
9780199572816
Pub. Date:
06/20/2011
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
019957281X
ISBN-13:
9780199572816
Pub. Date:
06/20/2011
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
On What Matters, Volume Two

On What Matters, Volume Two

by Derek Parfit
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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199572816
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 06/20/2011
Series: The ^ABerkeley Tanner Lectures
Pages: 848
Product dimensions: 6.50(w) x 9.30(h) x 2.70(d)

About the Author

Derek Parfit is one of the leading philosophers of our time. He is a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, Global Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at New York University, and a Fellow of the British Academy and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of Reasons and Persons (OUP, 1984), one of the most influential books in philosophy of the last several decades.

Table of Contents

PART FOUR: COMMENTARIESHIKING THE RANGE, SUSAN WOLFHUMANITY AS AN END IN ITSELF, ALLEN WOODA MISMATCH OF METHODS, BARBARA HERMANHOW I AM NOT A KANTIAN, T. M. SCANLONPART FIVE: RESPONSESON HIKING THE RANGEON HUMANITY AS AN END IN ITSELFON A MISMATCH OF METHODSHOW THE NUMBERS COUNTSCANLONIAN CONTRACTUALISMTHE TRIPLE THEORYPART SIX: NORMATIVITYANALYTICAL NATURALISM AND SUBJECTIVISMNON-ANALYTICAL NATURALISMTHE TRIVIALITY OBJECTIONNATURALISM AND NIHILISMNON-COGNITIVISM AND QUASI-REALISMNORMATIVITYNORMATIVE TRUTHSMETAPHYSICSEPISTEMOLOGYRATIONALISMAGREEMENTNIETZSCHEWHAT MATTERS MOSTAPPENDICESWHY ANYTHING? WHY THIS? THE FAIR WARNING VIEWSOME OF KANT'S ARGUMENTS FOR HIS FORMULA OF UNIVERSAL LAWKANT'S CLAIMS ABOUT THE GOODAUTONOMY AND CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVESKANT'S MOTIVATIONAL ARGUMENTON WHAT THERE ISNotes to Volume TwoReferencesBibliographyIndex
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