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Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit
RRP: €31.52Booksplease Price: €29.00This 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;... -
On What Matters: Volume One by Derek Parfit
RRP: €60.69Booksplease Price: €53.51On What Matters is a major work in moral philosophy. It is the long-awaited follow-up to Derek Parfit's 1984 book Reasons and Persons, one of the landmarks of twentieth-century philosophy. In this... -
On What Matters: Volume Three by Derek Parfit
RRP: €46.40Booksplease Price: €41.55Derek Parfit presents the third volume of On What Matters, his landmark work of moral philosophy. Parfit develops further his influential treatment of reasons, normativity, the meaning of moral... -
On What Matters: Volume Two by Derek Parfit
RRP: €60.69Booksplease Price: €54.11On What Matters is a major work in moral philosophy. It is the long-awaited follow-up to Derek Parfit's 1984 book Reasons and Persons, one of the landmarks of twentieth-century philosophy. Parfit now... -
On What Matters: Volume Two by Derek Parfit 9780199681044
Booksplease Price: €35.93On What Matters is a major work in moral philosophy. It is the long-awaited follow-up to Derek Parfit's 1984 book Reasons and Persons, one of the landmarks of twentieth-century philosophy. Parfit now... -
On What Matters: Volume One by Derek Parfit 9780199681037
RRP: €33.31Booksplease Price: €30.61On What Matters is a major work in moral philosophy. It is the long-awaited follow-up to Derek Parfit's 1984 book Reasons and Persons, one of the landmarks of twentieth-century philosophy. In this... -
Principles and Persons: The Legacy of Derek Parfit by Jeff McMahan 9780192893994
Booksplease Price: €73.82Derek Parfit, who died in 2017, is widely believed to have been the most significant moral philosopher in well over a century. The twenty-one new essays in this book have all been inspired by his... -
Ethics and Existence: The Legacy of Derek Parfit by Jeff McMahan 9780192894250
RRP: €103.53Booksplease Price: €95.68Derek Parfit, who died in 2017, is widely believed to have been the best moral philosopher in well over a century. The twenty new essays in this book were written in his honour and have all been... -
Derek Parfit: His Life and Thought Jeff McMahan 9780192894243
RRP: €104.72Booksplease Price: €95.78At the time of his death in January 2017, Derek Parfit was widely regarded among philosophers as the best and most important moral philosopher in well over a century. He was also both legendarily... -
On What Matters: Two-volume set by Derek Parfit 9780199265923
RRP: €77.35Booksplease Price: €69.95On What Matters is a major work in moral philosophy. It is the long-awaited follow-up to Derek Parfit's 1984 book Reasons and Persons, one of the landmarks of twentieth-century philosophy. Parfit now... -
Essays on Derek Parfit's On What Matters Jussi Suikkanen (University of Leeds, UK) 9781405196987
RRP: €24.10Booksplease Price: €22.57In Essays on Derek Parfit's On What Matters, seven leading moral philosophers offer critical evaluations of the central ideas presented in a greatly anticipated new work by world-renowned moral... -
Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality David Edmonds 9780691225241
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €15.49From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein's Poker, an entertaining and illuminating biography of a brilliant philosopher who tried to rescue morality from nihilismDerek Parfit (1942-2017) is the... -
Derek Parfit's Reasons and Persons: An Introduction and Critical Inquiry Andrea Sauchelli (Lingnan University, Hong Kong) 9781138595132
RRP: €49.97Booksplease Price: €45.66Derek Parfit (1942-2017) is widely considered to be one of the most important moral philosophers of the twentieth century. Reasons and Persons is arguably the most influential of the two books... -
Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality by David Edmonds
RRP: €33.32Booksplease Price: €26.55From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein's Poker, an entertaining and illuminating biography of a brilliant philosopher who tried to rescue morality from nihilismDerek Parfit (1942-2017) is the... -
Morality and Responsibility T. M. Scanlon 9781509566969
RRP: €65.45Booksplease Price: €58.37T. M. Scanlon is one of the world's leading philosophers, widely known for his contractualist moral theory and his distinctive account of moral responsibility and blame. In these important essays,... -
Morality and Responsibility T. M. Scanlon 9781509566976
RRP: €22.60Booksplease Price: €21.29T. M. Scanlon is one of the world's leading philosophers, widely known for his contractualist moral theory and his distinctive account of moral responsibility and blame. In these important essays,... -
The Survival of the Self by Robin Harwood 9781138365117
RRP: €142.80Booksplease Price: €127.72First published in 1998, this volume gives an account of personal identity derived from the Butler-Reid position, arguing that from the first person point of view one necessary condition of personal... -
The Survival of the Self by Robin Harwood
RRP: €42.83Booksplease Price: €39.54First published in 1998, this volume gives an account of personal identity derived from the Butler-Reid position, arguing that from the first person point of view one necessary condition of personal... -
Reading Parfit: On What Matters by Simon Kirchin
RRP: €54.73Booksplease Price: €49.74Derek 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... -
The Repugnant Conclusion: A Philosophical Inquiry by Christopher Cowie 9781032570457
RRP: €24.98Booksplease Price: €24.25The Repugnant Conclusion is a controversial theorem about population size. It states that a sufficiently large population of lives that are barely worth living is better than a smaller population of... -
Exploring Practical Philosophy: From Action to Values by Dr. Dan Egonsson
RRP: €124.95Booksplease Price: €109.92This title was first published in 28/11/2001: The broad label 'practical philosophy' brings together such topics as ethics and metaethics as well as philosophy of law, society, art and religion. In... -
The Repugnant Conclusion: A Philosophical Inquiry Christopher Cowie 9781138605442
RRP: €65.44Booksplease Price: €58.92The Repugnant Conclusion is a controversial theorem about population size. It states that a sufficiently large population of lives that are barely worth living is better than a smaller population of... -
How We Hope: A Moral Psychology by Adrienne Martin
RRP: €26.18Booksplease Price: €21.90What exactly is hope and how does it influence our decisions? In How We Hope, Adrienne Martin presents a novel account of hope, the motivational resources it presupposes, and its function in our... -
Would You Kill the Fat Man?: The Trolley Problem and What Your Answer Tells Us about Right and Wrong by David Edmonds 9780691165639
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €12.47A runaway train is racing toward five men who are tied to the track. Unless the train is stopped, it will inevitably kill all five men. You are standing on a footbridge looking down on the unfolding... -
How We Hope: A Moral Psychology by Adrienne Martin 9780691151526
RRP: €53.55Booksplease Price: €43.49What exactly is hope and how does it influence our decisions? In How We Hope, Adrienne Martin presents a novel account of hope, the motivational resources it presupposes, and its function in our... -
Surviving Death by Mark Johnston 9780691130132
Booksplease Price: €39.25In this extraordinary book, Mark Johnston sets out a new understanding of personal identity and the self, thereby providing a purely naturalistic account of surviving death. Death threatens our sense... -
Would You Kill the Fat Man?: The Trolley Problem and What Your Answer Tells Us about Right and Wrong by David Edmonds 9780691154022
RRP: €29.75Booksplease Price: €25.29A runaway train is racing toward five men who are tied to the track. Unless the train is stopped, it will inevitably kill all five men. You are standing on a footbridge looking down on the unfolding... -
The Happiness Philosophers: The Lives and Works of the Great Utilitarians by Bart Schultz 9780691154770
RRP: €57.12Booksplease Price: €46.22A colorful history of utilitarianism told through the lives and ideas of Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and its other founders In The Happiness Philosophers, Bart Schultz tells the colorful story... -
Moral Perception by Robert Audi 9780691156484
RRP: €53.55Booksplease Price: €49.60We can see a theft, hear a lie, and feel a stabbing. These are morally important perceptions. But are they also moral perceptions--distinctively moral responses? In this book, Robert Audi develops an... -
Personal Identity, the Self, and Ethics by F. Santos 9780230522039
Booksplease Price: €55.07Going beyond the controversy surrounding personhood in non-philosophical contexts, this book defends the need for a credible philosophical conception of the person. Engaging with John Locke, Derek... -
On Being Me: A Personal Invitation to Philosophy by J. David Velleman 9780691200958
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €11.13A moral philosopher's meditations on some of life's most important questionsWe've all had to puzzle over such profound matters as birth, death, regret, free will, agency, and love. How might... -
In Our Name: The Ethics of Democracy by Eric Anthony Beerbohm 9780691154619
RRP: €65.45Booksplease Price: €52.96When a government in a democracy acts in our name, are we, as citizens, responsible for those acts? What if the government commits a moral crime? The protestor's slogan--"Not in our name!"--testifies... -
Midlife: A Philosophical Guide by Kieran Setiya 9780691183282
RRP: €16.65Booksplease Price: €14.59How can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead, with possibilities foreclosed, and with nostalgia for lost youth? How can you accept the failings of the past, the sense of futility... -
Moral Perception by Robert Audi 9780691166544
RRP: €26.18Booksplease Price: €25.83We can see a theft, hear a lie, and feel a stabbing. These are morally important perceptions. But are they also moral perceptions--distinctively moral responses? In this book, Robert Audi develops an... -
Sidgwick and Contemporary Utilitarianism by Mariko Nakano-Okuno 9781349340491
Booksplease Price: €55.62A rare academic study on what John Rawls, Peter Singer and Derek Parfit acknowledge as the finest book in ethics - The Methods of Ethics. With a rather shocking conclusion that 'none of us can match... -
Life Is Short: An Appropriately Brief Guide to Making It More Meaningful by Dean Rickles
RRP: €29.75Booksplease Price: €25.22Why life's shortness-more than anything else-is what makes it meaningfulDeath might seem to render pointless all our attempts to create a meaningful life. Doesn't meaning require transcending death... -
Locke on Personal Identity: Consciousness and Concernment by Galen Strawson 9780691147574
RRP: €57.12Booksplease Price: €46.22John Locke's theory of personal identity underlies all modern discussion of the nature of persons and selves - yet it is widely thought to be wrong. In his new book, Galen Strawson argues that in... -
On Mercy by Malcolm Bull
RRP: €41.65Booksplease Price: €34.39Is mercy more important than justice?Since antiquity, mercy has been regarded as a virtue. The power of monarchs was legitimated by their acts of clemency, their mercy demonstrating their divine... -
Midlife: A Philosophical Guide by Kieran Setiya 9780691173931
RRP: €22.60Booksplease Price: €19.14Philosophical wisdom and practical advice for overcoming the problems of middle age How can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead, with possibilities foreclosed, and with... -
In Our Name: The Ethics of Democracy by Eric Anthony Beerbohm 9780691168159
RRP: €35.70Booksplease Price: €29.85When a government in a democracy acts in our name, are we, as citizens, responsible for those acts? What if the government commits a moral crime? The protestor's slogan--"Not in our name!"--testifies...