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Reasons and Persons

By: Derek Parfit
Narrated by: Peter Batchelor
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Challenging, with several powerful arguments, some of our deepest beliefs about rationality, morality, and personal identity, Parfit claims that we have a false view about our own nature. It is often rational to act against our own best interests, he argues, and most of us have moral views that are self-defeating. We often act wrongly, although we know there will be no one with serious grounds for complaint, and when we consider future generations it is very hard to avoid conclusions that most of us will find very disturbing.

©1984 Derek Parfit (P)2021 Upfront Books Ethics & Morality Metaphysics Philosophy Morality
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I can’t comment on the book itself because I couldn’t get through the first chapter. The performance is all over the place; mostly monotone and boring but the recording frequently cuts mid sentence. Might be more the editors fault than the speaker.

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