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Derek Antony Parfit FBA (/
ˈpɑːrfɪt/; 11
December 1942 – 2
January 2017) was a
British philosopher who
specialised in
personal identity, rationality, and...
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intuitions on the
nature of self and consciousness,
formulated by
Derek Parfit in his 1984 book
Reasons and Persons. The
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repugnant conclusion) is a
problem in
ethics identified by
Derek Parfit and
discussed in his book
Reasons and
Persons (1984). The
paradox identifies...
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Derek Parfit,
Reasons and Persons". The
Philosophical Review. 98 (4): 439–484. doi:10.2307/2185115. JSTOR 2185115.
Bostrom 2013, pp. 23–24.
Parfit, D. (1984)...
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Whale is a 2011 do****entary film
directed by
Suzanne Chisholm and
Michael Parfit.
Narrated by Ryan Reynolds, it
tells the
story of Luna, a
killer whale (orca)...
- The
thought experiment was
formulated by
Derek Parfit in his 1984 book
Reasons and Persons.
Derek Parfit and
others consider a
hypothetical "teletransporter"...
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Reasons and
Persons is a 1984 book by the
philosopher Derek Parfit, in
which the
author discusses ethics,
rationality and
personal identity. It is divided...
- and the
identities of the
persons who ever live."
Moral philosopher Derek Parfit brought po****tion
ethics to the
attention of the
academic community as...
- to come into existence. The
problem was
described and
explored by
Derek Parfit in his 1987 book
Reasons and Persons. It is a
challenge to person-affecting...
- "side-constraints"
which restrict the sort of
actions agents are
permitted to do.
Derek Parfit argued that, in practice, when
understood properly, rule consequentialism...
