Cottingham, John
Essays on Derek Parfit's On What Matters
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
Keywords: philosophy, Derek Parfit, On What Matters, moral philosophy, Kant, Ethics, consequentialism, criticiscm, theory, moral realism. ,
- Author(s)
- Cottingham, John
- Suikkanen, Jussi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2009
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 168 pages
- Category
- Philosophy
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781444322897
- Printed ISBN
- 9781405196987