Reasons and Persons

Reasons and Persons

by Derek Parfit

3 mentors recommend this 560 pages

ISBN: 9780198249085

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Sam Harris

Sam Harris

Philosophy & Religion

"I also recommend Derek Parfit’s book, “Reasons and Persons,” which is just brilliant and written as though by an alien intelligence. It’s a deeply strange book filled with thought experiments that bend your intuitions left and right.It’s just a truly strange and unique document and incredibly insightful about morality and questions of identity and well worth reading if you are of a philosophical cast of mind."

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"Brilliant and written as though by an alien intelligence."

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Will MacAskill

Will MacAskill

Philosophy & Religion

"One of the most important books written in the 20th century."

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Patrick Collison

Patrick Collison

Business & Entrepreneurship

"I don't totally agree, but I think it's a really interesting modern take on moral philosophy."

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