Essays on Derek Parfit's On what matters
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Essays on Derek Parfit's On what matters
（Ratio book series）
Wiley-Blackwell, 2009
Available at 9 libraries
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"Originally published as volume 22, no. 1 of Ratio"--T.p. verso
"Ratio special issues 4 "--CIP.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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
Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors. 1. Introduction (Jussi Suikkanen, University of Leeds).
2. Naturalism without Tears (James Lenman, University of Sheffield).
3. Can There Be a Kantian Consequentialism? (Seiriol Morgan, Bristol University).
4. The Kantian Argument for Consequentialism (Michael Otsuka, University College, London).
5. Climb Every Mountain? (Michael Ridge, University of Edinburgh).
6. Might Kantian Contractualism be the Supreme Principle of Morality? (Gideon Rosen, Princeton University).
7. Desires, Values, Reasons, and the Dualism of Practical Reason (Michael Smith, Princeton University).
8. Should Kantians Be Consequentialists? (Jacob Ross, University of Southern California).
Index.
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