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Australian moral philosopher, Professor of Bioethics at Princeton and author of Animal Liberation and The Life You Can Save.
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The Methods of EthicsBook Henry Sidgwick
Parfit himself said that The Methods of Ethics contains more true statements about ethics than any other work: it builds on the work of other great scholars, but it contains more truth than other works. I do think it is a wonderful work, and if it is not the best book written on ethics, I'd like to know what is.
Five Books interview on nineteenth-century philosophy
2018-05-18·fivebooks.com ↗
Phenomenology of SpiritBook G. W. F. Hegel
In order to understand Marx, you really do need to know something about Hegel. It's a mistake to think you could read Marx as a scientist or an economist without understanding the Hegelian framework of his thought. That's why I chose to begin with Hegel.
Five Books interview on nineteenth-century philosophy
2018-05-18·fivebooks.com ↗
The Communist ManifestoBook Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
I chose The Communist Manifesto, rather than, say, Capital because it shows in a much easier-to-read, shorter work something that is central to Marx's vision.
Five Books interview on nineteenth-century philosophy
2018-05-18·fivebooks.com ↗
On LibertyBook John Stuart Mill
I chose this book particularly because we are having a lively discussion about freedom of expression today. Some of the challenges to freedom of expression today come from the left rather than from the right, although some of them still do come from the right. In this context, Mill's arguments are still relevant and deserve to be more widely known and more widely thought about.
Five Books interview on nineteenth-century philosophy
2018-05-18·fivebooks.com ↗
The Descent of ManBook Charles Darwin
I like The Descent of Man better than The Origin of Species because Darwin is prepared to be much bolder in The Descent of Man. In The Origin of Species he was still a little bit timid.
Five Books interview on nineteenth-century philosophy
2018-05-18·fivebooks.com ↗
Utilitarianism: A Very Short IntroductionBook Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek & Peter Singer
But I hope if they read our Utilitarianism: A Very Short Introduction, they'll at least have some idea why he is so significant.
Five Books interview on nineteenth-century philosophy
2018-05-18·fivebooks.com ↗
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