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#321 - Reckoning with Parfit

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Puzzle of Derek Parfitt's Life

Wittgenstein was a consequentialist, especially in his early philosophy. He believed that what matters were the consequences of our actions. And he would often burst into tears when he read or heard about the suffering of distant strangers. But once he got into this strange institutional souls and he didn't have to socialise, he could just focus on his work. That was the more content Derek.

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