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Zusatztext Parfits arguments are of extraordinary brilliance and clarity, and by any standards On What Matters is an immensely powerful achievement. . . Parfits intricate and beautifully lucid book is undoubtedly the work of a philosophical genius. Informationen zum Autor Derek Parfit is one of the leading philosophers of our time. He is a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, Global Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at New York University, and a Fellow of the British Academy and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of Reasons and Persons (OUP, 1984), one of the most influential books in philosophy of the last several decades. Klappentext This is the second volume of a major new work in moral philosophy. It starts with critiques of Derek Parfit's work by four eminent moral philosophers, and his responses. The largest part of the volume is a self-contained monograph on normativity. The final part comprises seven new essays on Kant, reasons, and why the universe exists. Zusammenfassung This is the second volume of a major new work in moral philosophy. It starts with critiques of Derek Parfit's work by four eminent moral philosophers, and his responses. The largest part of the volume is a self-contained monograph on normativity. The final part comprises seven new essays on Kant, reasons, and why the universe exists. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART FOUR: COMMENTARIES HIKING THE RANGE HUMANITY AS AN END IN ITSELF A MISMATCH OF METHODS HOW I AM NOT A KANTIAN PART FIVE: RESPONSES ON HIKING THE RANGE ON HUMANITY AS AN END IN ITSELF ON A MISMATCH OF METHODS HOW THE NUMBERS COUNT SCANLONIAN CONTRACTUALISM THE TRIPLE THEORY PART SIX: NORMATIVITY ANALYTICAL NATURALISM AND SUBJECTIVISM NON-ANALYTICAL NATURALISM THE TRIVIALITY OBJECTION NATURALISM AND NIHILISM NON-COGNITIVISM AND QUASI-REALISM NORMATIVITY NORMATIVE TRUTHS METAPHYSICS EPISTEMOLOGY RATIONALISM AGREEMENT NIETZSCHE WHAT MATTERS MOST APPENDICES WHY ANYTHING? WHY THIS? THE FAIR WARNING VIEW SOME OF KANT'S ARGUMENTS FOR HIS FORMULA OF UNIVERSAL LAW KANT'S CLAIMS ABOUT THE GOOD AUTONOMY AND CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVES KANT'S MOTIVATIONAL ARGUMENT ON WHAT THERE IS Notes to Volume Two References Bibliography Index ...
