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This document is page 35 of a larger text, marked with a House Oversight stamp. The content is a philosophical essay or review discussing Derek Parfit's book 'On What Matters.' It analyzes Parfit's arguments regarding objectivism in ethics, rationality, and the disagreements between historical philosophers like Kant and Bentham.
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| Parfit | Philosopher/Author |
The subject of the text; author of the book 'On What Matters' being discussed.
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| Immanuel Kant | Philosopher |
Mentioned as a great thinker who disagreed about what we ought to do.
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| Jeremy Bentham | Philosopher |
Mentioned as a great thinker who disagreed about what we ought to do.
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| House Oversight Committee |
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Text discusses Parfit's response to disagreements among philosophers like Kant.
Text discusses Parfit's response to disagreements among philosophers like Bentham.
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"On What Matters is a book of daunting length: two large volumes, totaling more than 1,400 pages, of densely argued text."Source
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"Just as we can grasp the truth that 1 + 1 = 2, so we can see that I have a reason to avoid suffering agony at some future time"Source
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"Such self-evident normative truths provide the basis for Parfit’s defense of objectivity in ethics."Source
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"Parfit’s response to this line of argument leads him to make a claim that is perhaps even bolder than his defense of objectivism in ethics."Source
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