[Epub]$$ Parfit A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality (Ebook pdf)

Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save
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[Epub]$$ Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality (Ebook pdf)

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From 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
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 think about things that affect us all: equality, altruism,
what we owe to future generations, and even what it means to be a person. In Parfit, David
Edmonds presents the first biography of an intriguing, obsessive, and eccentric genius.Believing
that we should be less concerned with ourselves and more with the common good, Parfit
dedicated himself to the pursuit of philosophical progress to an extraordinary degree. He always
wore gray trousers and a white shirt so as not to lose precious time picking out clothes, he varied
his diet as little as possible, and he had only one serious non-philosophical interest: taking photos
of Oxford, Venice, and St. Petersburg. In the latter half of his life, he single-mindedly devoted
himself to a desperate attempt to rescue secular moralitymorality without Godby arguing that it has
an objective, rational basis. For Parfit, the stakes could scarcely have been higher. If he couldn’t
demonstrate that there are objective facts about right and wrong, he believed, his life was futile
and all our lives were meaningless.Connecting Parfit’s work and life and offering a clear
introduction to his profound and challenging ideas, Parfit is a powerful portrait of an extraordinary
thinker who continues to have a remarkable influence on the world of ideas.