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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691225230
• ISBN13: 9780691225234
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"