2025 Parfit Memorial Lecture - join us next Monday (4.30pm, 16th) for Prof Jacob Nebel's talk 'The Procreation Asymmetry: Some Puzzles'. Details and registration here:
https://www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/event/2025-parfit-memorial-lecture

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2025 Parfit Memorial Lecture

The Procreation Asymmetry: Some Puzzles (working title)

Barry Loewer - Philosophy of Fine-Tuning

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PARUTION : « Les raisons et les personnes » de Derek Parfit !
Première traduction française de l’œuvre majeure du « Kant du XXe siècle ». Grâce à une argumentation tout autant inventive que minutieuse, le philosophe met en question nombre de nos idées sur la rationalité, l’éthique ou bien encore la nature des personnes et de nos obligations envers les générations futures.

https://agone.org/livre/les-raisons-et-les-personnes/

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Les raisons et les personnes

« Jusqu’au siècle actuel, l’essentiel de l’humanité vivait dans de petites communautés. Ce que chacun faisait pouvait n’affecter qu’un petit nombre de personnes. Mais les conditions ont changé. Nous pouvons produire des effets réels, bien que faibles pour chacun, sur des milliers ou des millions de personnes. Nous pourrions penser que c’est permis parce que […]

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Philosophy 247's David Edmonds continues his exploration of Oxford philosopher Derek Parfit's writings in this discussion of future people and the repugnant conclusion.
https://youtu.be/EHcXYWnOKeA?feature=shared
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An Interview with Dr David Edmonds on Prof Derek Parfit's Writings

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Philosophy 247's David Edmonds discusses his recently published biography of Oxford philosopher Derek Parfit: A Philosopher & His Mission to Save Morality.

https://youtu.be/_VonG-1EPug?feature=shared

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An interview with Dr David Edmonds on: Parfit: A Philosopher & His Mission to Save Morality

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Religious Skeptics Should Question Their Moral Theology

Appeals to the idea that morality is rooted in impartiality betray an uncritical parochialism unworthy of science.

New Ideal - Reason | Individualism | Capitalism
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Was morality objective? This question was the focus of philosopher Derek Parfit's work. In this Ideas article, Parfit biographer Dave Edmonds explores how it affected Parfit during his lifetime. https://princeton.press/lrgil4

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David Edmonds on Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality

Derek Parfit was an obsessive. For much of his adult life he had two obsessions. Philosophy was one, photography another. Every year, for many years, he would travel to Venice and St. Petersburg and photograph the same buildings, trying to take the perfect shot.

David Edmonds on Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality

Derek Parfit was an obsessive. For much of his adult life he had two obsessions. Philosophy was one, photography another. Every year, for many years, he would travel to Venice and St. Petersburg and photograph the same buildings, trying to take the perfect shot.