Reviews

On What Matters, Volume One by Derek Parfit

extragravy's review against another edition

5.0

First time through

One read was not enough. Compelling material. I'm not ready to agree or disagree yet, if I ever will be, but I have appreciated On What Matters vol 1 and 2.

hgb's review against another edition

4.0

I don't agree with all the arguments Parfit presents (he's a cognitive realist about both reasons and morals, a believer in normative, objective truths, which I find difficult to swallow) but his prose is clear and concise and he's really freaking smart. Also, this tumblr exists, which just makes me happy: http://onwhatmatters.tumblr.com/

donifaber's review

2.0

If you're into Kant, this is definitely worth the read. He writes clearly enough to be followed. I'm not sure if what I didn't like about it was Parfit's fault or rather the direction that philosophy has headed in recently. It seems bizarre to me to try to generalize moral principles on very strange thought experiments.