Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Upfront Books, 2021
Made available through hoopla
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (29hr., 19 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781955942331 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT14605095, 1955942331 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 14605095
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Peter Batchelor
Challenging, with several powerful arguments, some of our deepest beliefs about rationality, morality, and personal identity, Parfit claims that we have a false view about our own nature. It is often rational to act against our own best interests, he argues, and most of us have moral views that are self-defeating. We often act wrongly, although we know there will be no one with serious grounds for complaint, and when we consider future generations it is very hard to avoid conclusions that most of us will find very disturbing
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