Reasons and persons
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Reasons and persons
Clarendon Press, 1986
[Reprint ed. with corrections]
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Description by t.p. verso and added part of introd.
Bibliography: p. [533]-540
Includes index
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This book challenges, with several powerful arguments, some of our deepest beliefs about rationality, morality, and personal identity. The author claims that we have a false view of our own nature; that it is often rational to act against our own best interests; that most of us have moral views that are directly self-defeating; and that, when we consider future generations the conclusions will often be disturbing. He concludes that non-religious moral philosophy is a young subject, with a promising but unpredictable future.
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