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What Matters in Survival: Personal Identity and Other Possibilities

What Matters in Survival: Personal Identity and Other Possibilities

Ehring, Douglas

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This study is about what matters in survival--about what relation to a future individual gives you a reason for prudential concern for that individual. For common sense there is such a relation and it is identity, but according to Parfit common sense is wrong in this respect. Identity is not what matters in survival. In What Matters in Survival, Douglas Ehring argues that this Parfitian thesis does not go far enough. The result is the highly radical view "Survival Nihilism," according to which nothing matters in survival. Although we generally have motivating reasons to have prudential concern, and perhaps even indirect normative reasons for such concerns there is no relation that gives you a basic, foundational normative reason for prudential concern. This view goes beyond what Parfit calls the "Extreme View." It is the "More Extreme View" and is in effect something like an error theory about prudential reason as a special kind of normative reason.
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Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PR
Bisac Major Subject
Philosophy
Bisac Minor Subject
Metaphysics
Binding Type
Hardcover
Country Of Origin
GB
Number Of Units
1
Length
8.5 Inches
Barcode Indicator
EAN
Width
5.4 Inches
Publication Date
1970-01-01
Height
0.8 Inches
ISBN 10
0192894714
Weight
1.0 Pounds
Book EAN
9780192894717
Target Audiance
Adults

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