Reasons, identity, and future people › Further reading
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- Derek Parfit, Reasons and Persons. Read the four parts as connected inquiries rather than a single deduction from reductionism.
- Part Three, especially the discussions of the psychological criterion, division and what matters. These develop the distinction between identity and Relation R.
- Part Four, beginning with “The Non-Identity Problem,” then “The Repugnant Conclusion” and “The Mere Addition Paradox.” These examine the separate difficulties concerning future people and population size.
- Derek Parfit, On What Matters. The later work develops questions about reasons and the possible convergence of moral theories.
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