Derek Parfit: Influence on Obligations to Future People

David Edmonds is a British philosopher, and a radio feature maker at the BBC World Service. He studied at Oxford University, has a PhD in philosophy from the Open University and has held fellowships at the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan. Edmonds is the author of Caste Wars: A Philosophy of Discrimination and co-author with John Eidinow of Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers and Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time. In this episode we discuss his recently released book Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality.

Book link: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691225234/parfit

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