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  2. Derek Parfit - Wikipedia

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    Derek Antony Parfit FBA (/ ˈ p ɑːr f ɪ t /; 11 December 1942 – 2 January 2017 [3] [4]) was a British philosopher who specialised in personal identity, rationality, and ethics. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential moral philosophers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. [5] [6] [7]

  3. Reasons and Persons - Wikipedia

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    Reasons and Persons is a 1984 book by the philosopher Derek Parfit, in which the author discusses ethics, rationality and personal identity.. It is divided into four parts, dedicated to self-defeating theories, rationality and time, personal identity and responsibility toward future generations.

  4. On What Matters - Wikipedia

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    The economist Tyler Cowen has expressed admiration for Parfit's style ("Reading him is an unforgettable and illuminating experience") in On What Matters, but argues: . I see the biggest and most central part of the book as a failure, possibly wrong but more worryingly "not even wrong" and simply missing the questions defined by where the frontier – choice theory and not just philosophic ...

  5. 47% of Americans overestimate life insurance costs – here’s ...

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    The least expensive type of life insurance is usually term life insurance. It provides coverage for a specific period — often 10, 20 or 30 years — and is typically much cheaper than permanent ...

  6. Life insurance - Wikipedia

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    Permanent life insurance is life insurance that covers the remaining lifetime of the insured. A permanent insurance policy accumulates a cash value up to its date of maturation. The owner can access the money in the cash value by withdrawing money, borrowing the cash value, or surrendering the policy and receiving the surrender value.

  7. The research surveyed 69,705 Swedish men and women, following their diet and lifestyle habits between 1997 and 2009, specifically tracking three classes of sugar: Sugar toppings like honey, sweets ...

  8. Teletransportation paradox - Wikipedia

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    Parfit's conclusion is similar to David Hume's view and also to the view of the self in some forms of Buddhism, though it does not restrict itself to a mere reformulation of them. For besides being reductive, Parfit's view is also deflationary: in the end, "what matters" is not personal identity, but rather mental continuity and connectedness.

  9. Why CEOs are sucking up to Trump [Video] - AOL

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    The supposedly business-friendly president publicly attacked a number of companies, some because he perceived a personal offense, others because they were moving jobs overseas or acting too "woke ...