Reading Parfit : On what matters / edited by Simon Kirchin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kirchin, Simon, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parfit, Derek. On what matters.

Parfit, Derek.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

xii, 239 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Summary:

Derek Parfit was one of the world's leading philosophers. His On What Matters was the most eagerly awaited book in philosophy for many years. Reading Parfit: On What Matters is an essential overview and assessment of volumes 1 and 2 of Parfit's monumental work by a team of international contributors, and includes responses by Parfit himself. It discusses central features of Parfit's book, including the structure and nature of reasons; the ideas underlying moral principles; Parfit's discussions of consequentialism, contractualism and Kantian deontology; and his metaethical ideas and arguments. Reading Parfit will be central reading for students of ethics and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of one of the most important works of philosophy published in the last fifty years. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Reflections from Wolf and Wood: incommensurability, guidance and the 'smoothing over' of ethical life / Simon Kirchin Kirchin, Simon 10

2 Normative naturalism and normative nihilism: Parfit's dilemma for naturalism / David Copp Copp, David 28

3 On what it is to matter / Julia Markovits Markovits, Julia 54

4 The buck-passing account of value: assessing the negative thesis / Philip Stratton-Lake Stratton-Lake, Philip 82

5 Normativity, reasons and wrongness: how to be a two-tier theorist / David McNaughton McNaughton, David, Piers Rawling Rawling, Piers 96

6 Wrong-Making Reasons / Kieran Setiya Setiya, Kieran 123

7 Parfit on reasons and rule consequentialism / Douglas W. Portmore Portmore, Douglas W. 135

8 Advice for Non-Analytical Naturalists / J.L. Dowell Dowell, J.L., David Sobel Sobel, David 153

9 Contingency and constructivism / Julia Driver Driver, Julia 172

10 Responses / Derek Parfit Parfit, Derek 189.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415529495

0415529492

9780415529501

0415529506

OCLC:

898926232