#derekparfit — Public Fediverse posts

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See also Simon Blackburn on Parfit's grand project "On What Matters":

http://www.theotodman.com/Abstracts/Abstract_20/Abstract_20118.htm

#Philosophy #DerekParfit #OnWhatMatters #MoralPhilosophy #Metaethics #SimonBlackburn

🧵 5/5
See also Simon Blackburn on Parfit's grand project "On What Matters":

http://www.theotodman.com/Abstracts/Abstract_20/Abstract_20118.htm

#Philosophy #DerekParfit #OnWhatMatters #MoralPhilosophy #Metaethics #SimonBlackburn

🧵 5/5
See also Simon Blackburn on Parfit's grand project "On What Matters":

http://www.theotodman.com/Abstracts/Abstract_20/Abstract_20118.htm

#Philosophy #DerekParfit #OnWhatMatters #MoralPhilosophy #Metaethics #SimonBlackburn

🧵 5/5
See also Simon Blackburn on Parfit's grand project "On What Matters":

http://www.theotodman.com/Abstracts/Abstract_20/Abstract_20118.htm

#Philosophy #DerekParfit #OnWhatMatters #MoralPhilosophy #Metaethics #SimonBlackburn

🧵 1/5 I was struck by the paragraph on Parfit and Bernard Williams; I'm not sure whether this should the seed for a work of intellectual history or of a novel, but I do know that I would devour either!

Imperfect Parfit - The Philosophers' Magazine

https://philosophersmag.com/imperfect-parfit/

#Philosophy #DerekParfit #BernardWilliams

Reading #Dynomight explaining #DerekParfit I realise that just as #liberalism/#libertarianism is the most inclusive political/economic system because it allows for other orders to emerge within it, #consequentialism may be the most inclusive moral theory because it may contain other systems just by redefining what a “good outcome” is.

That is:

A group of free individuals (liberalism) may enter voluntary agreements and commit to redistributing their wealth (socialism), transferring all power to a certain person (autocracy), abiding by rules decided by the majority (democracy), etc.

A consequentialist, in its narrowest definition, is free to conclude that the best possible outcome is one in which they and their special ones enjoy the best of life (egoism), one where certain rules are obeyed most strictly (deontology), one where all actions align perfectly with the word of god (theological voluntarism), etc. — and to act accordingly.

https://dynomight.net/reasons-and-persons/

Useful taxonomy of moral theories (#DerekParfit via #Dynomight)

https://dynomight.net/reasons-and-persons/

#philosophy #ethics #morality