Skip to content

James Aitchison

Philosophy and Ideas

  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Key ideas
    • Practical Reason
    • Utilitarianism
    • Effective Altruism
    • Consciousness
    • Naturalism
    • Big Picture
  • More
    • My Writing
    • Book Notes
    • Podcasts
    • Links
  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Key ideas
    • Practical Reason
    • Utilitarianism
    • Effective Altruism
    • Consciousness
    • Naturalism
    • Big Picture
  • More
    • My Writing
    • Book Notes
    • Podcasts
    • Links

Day: 27 November 2021

How Both Human History and The History Of Ethics May be Just Beginning

A discussion of my favourite philosophical passage, the final section of Derek Parfit’s Reasons and Persons. In a few paragraphs he introduces two profound ideas: the importance of humanity’s long-term future and that non-religious ethics has only just begun.

James Aitchison

Philosophy and Ideas

© James Aitchison 2025