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© Derek Parfit 1984

First published 1984
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Parfit, Derek
Reasons and persons.
1. Motivation (Psychology)
I. Title
170 BF683
ISBN 0-19-824615-3

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Parfit, Derek.
Reasons and persons.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Ethics. 2. Rationalism. 3. Self. I. Title.
BJ1012.P39 1984 170 83-15139
ISBN 0-19-824615-3

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