# Derek Parfit
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Derek Antony Parfit (; 11 December 1942 – 1 January 2017) was a British philosopher who specialised in personal identity, rationality, and ethics. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential moral philosophers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.Parfit rose to prominence in 1971 with the publication of his first paper, "Personal Identity". His first book, Reasons and Persons (1984), has been described as the most significant work of moral philosophy since the 1800s.
Episode #208 ... The moral evolution of a philosopher. (Peter Singer)
On this episode, we track the changes in Peter Singer's ethical views throughout his career. We talk about Emotivism. R.M. Hare's Prescriptivism. Nozick's Experience Machine. Some thought experiments from Derek Parfit. Henry Sidgwick and Objectivist Hedonistic Utilitarianism. Hope you enjoy it!Spon…
Derek Parfit and the Nature of Personal Identity
Explore Derek Parfit’s profound analytic philosophy on personal identity, survival, and psychological continuity. This episode invites you into a calm reflection on why identity might not be as fixed as we imagine, offering a deep philosophical narration designed to relax and soothe. Through though…
The Smuggled Ledger of Moral Mathematics
Language philosopher Bry Willis argues that the non-identity problem in moral philosophy is not a genuine paradox of reality, but rather a failure of language. Willis contends that thinkers like Derek Parfit and David Benatar rely on a metaphor of moral accounting, where human well-being is treated…
Closereads: Parfit on Game Theory (Part One)
On Derek Parfit's "Prudence, Morality, and the Prisoner's Dilemma" (1978). What is a "prisoner's dilemma" and what is its relevance to ethics? In general, it's better for me if I break norms so long as others in general follow them, but if we all try to be free riders in this way, then no one gets…
Parfit on Game Theory (Part One)
On Derek Parfit's "Prudence, Morality, and the Prisoner's Dilemma" (1978). What is a "prisoner's dilemma" and what is its relevance to ethics? In general, it's better for me if I break norms so long as others in general follow them, but if we all try to be free riders in this way, then no one gets …
Episode #208 ... The moral evolution of a philosopher. (Peter Singer)
On this episode, we track the changes in Peter Singer's ethical views throughout his career. We talk about Emotivism. R.M. Hare's Prescriptivism. Nozick's Experience Machine. Some thought experiments from Derek Parfit. Henry Sidgwick and Objectivist Hedonistic Utilitarianism. Hope you enjoy it! Sp…
Derek Parfit on Personal Identity (1996)
This comes from a 1996 program called Brainspotting. Read more on personal identity: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-personal/#philosophy #parfit #personalidentity #metaphysics
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How Defending Your Identity Might Be Exhausting You (audio essay)
We spend much of our lives constructing a sense of who we are, and then defending it. In this episode, I read from my essay on emptiness and the self, covering Jung's account of identity at midlife, the Buddhist teaching of dependent origination, and the difference between the Buddhist meaning of e…
Not Everyone Needs a 'Life Story' (audio essay)
Have you ever been asked to tell your life story and not known where to start? Perhaps your work history does not show one clear career, or a therapist has asked you to connect your past to your present and you find that awkward. You may have concluded that something is wrong with you.Many of us ar…
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