{"product_id":"what-matters-in-survival-personal-identity-and-other-possibilities-hardcover","title":"What Matters in Survival: Personal Identity and Other Possibilities - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDouglas Ehring\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study is about what matters in survival--about what relation to a future individual gives you a reason for prudential concern for that individual. For common sense there is such a relation and it is identity, but according to Parfit common sense is wrong in this respect. Identity is not what matters in survival. In \u003cem\u003eWhat Matters in Survival\u003c\/em\u003e, Douglas Ehring argues that this Parfitian thesis does not go far enough. The result is the highly radical view \"Survival Nihilism,\" according to which nothing matters in survival. Although we generally have motivating reasons to have prudential concern, and perhaps even indirect normative reasons for such concerns there is no relation that gives you a basic, foundational normative reason for prudential concern. This view goes beyond what Parfit calls the \"Extreme View.\" It is the \"More Extreme View\" and is in effect something like an error theory about prudential reason as a special kind of normative reason.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDouglas Ehring, \u003cem\u003eWilliam Edward Easterwood Professor of Philosophy, Southern Methodist University\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDouglas Ehring is the William Edward Easterwood Professor of Philosophy at Southern Methodist University. His publications include \u003cem\u003eTropes\u003c\/em\u003e (2011) and \u003cem\u003eCausation and Persistence: A Theory of Causation\u003c\/em\u003e (1997).\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.5 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 29, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52724104200499,"sku":"9780192894717","price":178.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/cGNaOFdjdzRHQlUySEdNSTJxdlNJQT09.webp?v=1763683190","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/what-matters-in-survival-personal-identity-and-other-possibilities-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}