Reasons and Persons

Front Cover
OUP Oxford, Jan 23, 1986 - Philosophy - 560 pages
This book challenges, with several powerful arguments, some of our deepest beliefs about rationality, morality, and personal identity. The author claims that we have a false view of our own nature; that it is often rational to act against our own best interests; that most of us have moral views that are directly self-defeating; and that, when we consider future generations the conclusions will often be disturbing. He concludes that moral non-religious moral philosophy is a young subject, with a promising but unpredictable future.
 

Contents

RATIONALITY AND TIME
115
PERSONAL IDENTITY
197
FUTURE GENERATIONS
349
CONCLUDING CHAPTER
443
APPENDICES
457

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