Reasons and persons

Clarendon Press

1987

543 p.

9780198249085

Part 1. Self-defeating theories. Theories that are indirectly self-defeating ; Practical dilemmas ; Five mistakes in moral mathematics ; Theories that are directly self-defeating ; Conclusions Part 2. Rationality and time. The best objection to the self-interest theory ; The appeal to full relativity ; Different attitudes to time ; Why we should reject S Part 3. Personal identity. What we believe ourselves to be ; How we are not what we believe ; Why our identity is not what matters ; Why does matters ; Personal identity and rationality ; Personal identity and morality Part 4. Future generations. The non-identity problem ; The repugnant conclusion ; The absurd conclusion The mere addition paradox Concluding chapter Appendices

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