On What Matters

Produktbeschreibung

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. Parfit now presents a powerful new treatment of reasons, rationality, and normativity, 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. 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

From the contents:

VOLUME ONE;
PART ONE: REASONS;
PART TWO : PRINCIPLES;
PART THREE: THEORIES;
VOLUME TWO;
PART FOUR: COMMENTARIES;
PART FIVE: RESPONSES;
PART SIX: NORMATIVITY;
PART SEVEN: APPENDICES 

Kritik

It is finally here. . . there is no doubt that On What Matters is an epochal work . . . a remarkable achievement, giving us a truly comprehensive picture of the moral outlook . . . of one of the greatest moral thinkers of our time. . . . Parfit's intellectual personality radiates throughout On What Matters, which as a whole presents a gripping and illuminating picture of a single, comprehensive view of the projects of both normative and metaethical inquiry. Mark Schroeder, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 

Autoreninfo

Samuel Scheffler, geboren 1951, ist Professor für Philosophie und Recht an der New York University. Er ist Mitherausgeber einer einflussreichen amerikanischen Zeitschrift sowie Mitglied der American Academy of Arts and Sciences.