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Reasons and Persons

Overview

Reasons and Persons is a 1984 book by the philosopher Derek Parfit, in which he discusses ethics, rationality and personal identity. It is divided into four parts, dedicated to self-defeating theories, rationality and time, personal identity and responsibility toward future generations.

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Philosophers who discussed Reasons and Persons

• Shelly Kagan
• Derek Parfit
• David Hume
• Gareth Evans (philosopher)

Related ideas

• Analytic philosophy
• Skandha
• Peter Singer
• P. F. Strawson
• David Chalmers
• Philip Kitcher
• The New York Review of Books
• Time
• Buddhism
• Personal identity
• Future generations
• Oxford University Press
• Thought experiment
• Bernard Williams
• Derek Parfit
• Rationality
• David Hume
• Ethical egoism
• Ethics
• Self-refuting idea

Place in the tradition

Part of Analytic philosophy.

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