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Derek Parfit

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Derek Antony Parfit (; 11 December 1942 – 2 January 2017) 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.

Derek Parfit - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia British philosopher (1942–2017) Derek Parfit FBA Parfit at Harvard in 2015 Born Derek Antony Parfit ( 1942-12-11 ) 11 December 1942 Chengdu , China Died 2 January 2017 (2017-01-02) (aged 74) London, England Spouse Janet Radcliffe Richards ​   ​ ( m.  2010) ​ Awards Rolf Schock Prize (2014) Education Alma mater Balliol College, Oxford Academic advisor Alan Montefiore Philosophical work Era Contemporary philosophy Region Western philosophy School Analytic philosophy Consequentia

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