Derek Parfit Quotes on Virtue
Derek Parfit was a British philosopher widely regarded as one of the most important moral philosophers of the late twentieth century. This page collects quotes attributed to Derek Parfit on the topic of virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“We are climbing the same mountain on different sides.”
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Attributed to Derek Parfit:
“Non-identity makes a tremendous difference to the morality of policy.”
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Attributed to Derek Parfit:
“What we ought to want is what we would want if we cared equally about everyone.”
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“the part of our moral theory... that covers how we affect future generations... is the most important part of our moral theory, since the next few centuries will be the most important in human history.”
p. 351