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A fascinating contribution to debates on personal identity

About the Author

Peter Unger is Professor of Philosophy at New York University. He is the author of Ignorance (OUP 1975, 2002), Philosophical Relativity (1984, OUP 2002), and Living High and Letting Die (OUP 1996).

Reviews

a work of striking boldness and originality: a philosophical tour de force that deserves to become a classic in the field ... a powerful and impressive theory of human identity (and its associated values) which seems clearly superior to views currently in vogue. Michael Lockwood, Green College, Oxford a significant contribution to the continuing debate on the nature and meaning of personal identity Derek Parfit, All Souls College, Oxford