This paper assesses the price of a certain way of doing moral theory, a manner that is currently popular but surprisingly radical in its hidden implications. Before I say what way that is, let me sketch some background. Ethicists have observed what seems to be a close connection between rationality
Parfit on Direct Self-Defeat
โ Scribed by Kieran Setiya
- Book ID
- 108531266
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 72 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0031-8094
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