How should we behave? A review of reasons and persons by derek parfit

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-111

  Rachlin, Howard ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviorism; Ethics; Mind; Morality; Prisoner's dilemma; Rationality; Self; Self control; Teleological behaviorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955783611     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2010.94-95     Document Type: Review

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