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On philosopher Derek Parfit
30 Aug 2023
On philosopher Derek Parfit: the most important philosopher you’ve never heard of.
he has almost no reputation outside of academic philosophy, despite the fact that so many modern moral concerns—long-termism, altruism, existential risk, our moral obligation to people in other times and places—are essentially Parfitian
Anthologies: Betterment, Thought Architecture, Wealth Architecture, Narrative Culture, Economy of Small Pleasures, On Being Fruitful, On Ethics, On Thinking and Reasoning