Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality

by David Edmonds

Book Overview

From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein's Poker, an entertaining and illuminating biography of a brilliant philosopher who tried to rescue morality from nihilism

Derek Parfit (1942-2017) is the most famous philosopher most people have never heard of. Widely regarded as one of the greatest moral thinkers of the past hundred years, Parfit was anything but a public intellectual. Yet his ideas have shaped the way philosophers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691225249
• ISBN13: 9780691225241
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.2" x 7.9"