Derek Parfit - Prioritarianism; Ethics

Prioritarianism; Ethics

Recently, Parfit has expressed sympathies toward the priority view, or prioritarianism.

For years Parfit made available online a large (650+ pages) draft manuscript on ethics initially titled Climbing the Mountain. In 2011 the book was finally published as On What Matters.

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