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Derek Parfit was born in Chengdu, China to Norman and Jessie Parfit ( née Browne ), both medical doctors who had moved to Western China in order to teach preventive medicine in missionary hospitals.
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* Derek Parfit, Reasons and Persons
Derek Parfit described Brad Hooker's book on rule-consequentialism Ideal Code, Real World as the " best statement and defence, so far, of one of the most important moral theories.
A modern-day version of the bundle theory of the mind has been advanced by Derek Parfit in his Reasons and Persons ( 1986 ).
Contemporary ethical debate is often described as " secular ", with the work of Derek Parfit and Peter Singer, and even the whole field of contemporary bioethics, having been described or self-described as explicitly secular or non-religious.
According to Derek Parfit, using total happiness falls victim to the Repugnant Conclusion, whereby large numbers of people with very low but non-negative utility values can be seen as a better goal than a population of a less extreme size living in comfort.
Derek Parfit ( born December 11, 1942 ; China ) is a British philosopher who specializes in problems of personal identity, rationality and ethics, and the relations between them.
* 1964: Eton Microcosm ; edited by Anthony Cheetham and Derek Parfit.
Other notable philosophers in the problem of selfhood or as it is technically known-personal identity – include Derek Parfit, Thomas Metzinger, Julian Baginni, Bernard Williams and Sam Harris.
Reasons and Persons is a philosophical work by Derek Parfit, first published in 1984.
The mere addition paradox is a problem in ethics, identified by Derek Parfit, and appearing in his book, Reasons and Persons ( 1984 ).
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He was a famously influential teacher ; his former students include Jerry Fodor, Raymond Geuss, Robert Nozick, and Derek Parfit.
She is married to the philosopher Derek Parfit.
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The three cup anemometer was further modified by the Australian Derek Weston in 1991 to measure both wind direction and wind speed.
Luther's complaints against the book carried past the point of scholarly critique and may reflect Luther's antisemitism, which is disputed, such as in the biography of Luther by Derek Wilson, which points out that Luther's anger at the Jews was not at their race but at their theology.
The series starred Derek Jacobi as Claudius and was broadcast in 1976 on BBC2.
Off-spinner Derek Crookes, who was also a witness, admitted being surprised to open the bowling at Nagpur.
A famous example of this situation was The Revd Sir Derek Pattinson, who was ordained just a year after he was appointed Knight Bachelor, apparently somewhat to the consternation of officials at Buckingham Palace.
Derek Elley of Variety described the film as " playful and sporty ," saying that this was Dunst's best performance to date: " Believable as both a spoiled ingenue and a lover to two very different men, Dunst endows a potentially lightweight character with considerable depth and sympathy.
The Lamorna Pottery was founded in 1947 by Christopher James Ludlow ( known as Jimmy ) and Derek Wilshaw.
For example, the Green Party of England and Wales features an eco-socialist group, Green Left, that was founded in June 2005 and whose members hold a number of influential positions within the party, including both the former Principal Speakers Siân Berry and Dr. Derek Wall, himself an eco-socialist and marxist academic.
In 1986, Mr Pye was adapted as a four-part Channel 4 miniseries starring Derek Jacobi.
Derek Freeman, an anthropologist who spent many years among the Samoans, was critical of Mead's findings that culture is responsible for the disturbances of adolescence, and that Samoans had a significantly different experience.
Derek Watson argued that Molotov could get the best deal with Britain and France because he was not encumbered with the baggage of collective security and could negotiate with Germany.
In June 1986 the Labour Party finally expelled the deputy leader of Liverpool council, the high profile Militant supporter Derek Hatton, who was found guilty of " manipulating the rules of the district Labour party ".
** Renowned medium, Derek Acorah visited Manning's home, stating that he was able to communicate with the spirit, and that it was called " Jim " and had died from a heart attack at the age of 58 around 1900.
It was directed by Derek Goldby and designed by Desmond Heeley and starred Paul Hecht as the Player, Brian Murray as Rosencrantz and John Wood as Guildenstern.
In 2003, he was part of an advertising campaign for Armour hot dogs with MLB players Ken Griffey, Jr., Derek Jeter, and Sammy Sosa.
Elizabeth was among the cast of the sixth season of Dancing with the Stars, partnered with Derek Hough.
Such bottles eventually went out of production in the early 1980s, although replicas have been produced since 1985, including a copy of Allman's slide used by another Allman Brothers member, Derek Trucks, which was made of Dunlop Pyrex, giving the same sound as the glass slide, without the danger of shattering.
His first success in radio was as writer for comedian Derek Roy's show.
*" Death Letter " was covered on The Derek Trucks Band album, Out of the Madness.
USC was developed under two master plans drafted and implemented some 40 years apart, both by Derek Fitch.
Derek Birley, who devoted whole passages of his book to criticism of Grace's gamesmanship and moneymaking, wrote that the " bleakness ( of the war ) was exemplified in November ( sic ) 1915 by the death of Grace, which seemed depressingly emblematic of the end of an era ".
Barbara Jefford was criticised as too cold and formal for Imogen ; Leon Gluckman played Posthumus, Derek Godfrey Iachimo, and Derek Francis Cymbeline.
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* Derek Gregory ( born 1951 ), famous for writing on the Israeli, U. S. and UK actions in the Middle East after 9 / 11, influenced by Edward Said and has contributed work on imagined geographies.
Derek William Dick, better known as Fish, ( born 25 April 1958, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland ) is a Scottish singer, lyricist and occasional actor, best known as the former lead singer of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion.
Sportsman Derek Ufton, who played both cricket and football professionally, was born in Crayford.
* Film director Derek Jarman ( 1942-1994 ), whose credits include Jubilee and The Tempest ( 1979 ), was born in Northwood
Other notable people, such as footballer and former England Captain David Beckham, I, Claudius star Derek Jacobi, former Essex and England cricket Captain Graham Gooch, and the film director and producer Alfred Hitchcock, were also born in the borough.
* Derek Jeter ( born 1974 ), shortstop for the New York Yankees.
* Derek Jeter ( born 1974 ), shortstop for the New York Yankees.
England Test cricketers Peter Lever ( born 1940 ) and Derek Shackleton ( 1924 – 2007 ) are from Todmorden.
Bogarde was born Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde in a nursing home at 12 Hemstal Road, West Hampstead, London, of mixed Flemish, Dutch and Scottish ancestry, and baptised on 30 October at St. Mary's Church, Kilburn.
* Sir Derek Jacobi ( born 1938 ), actor and director
Derek " Lek " Leckenby ( guitar, vocals ) and Barry Whitwam ( drums ) ( born Jan Barry Whitwam, 21 July 1946, in Prestbury, Cheshire ) joined later from another local group, The Wailers.
Sir Derek George Jacobi, CBE (; born 22 October 1938 ) is an English actor and film director.
Gorman was born in Stafford, England to parents Derek Gorman and Fay Collins, who are now divorced.
* nickname of Derek Draper ( born 1967 ), British former lobbyist
Du Pré was born in Oxford, England, the second child of Derek and Iris du Pré.
Derek was born in Jersey, where his family had lived for generations.
Brand Nubian is an American hip hop group from New Rochelle, New York, consisting of three MC's: Grand Puba ( born Maxwell Dixon, on March 4, 1966 ), Sadat X ( formerly Derek X, born Derek Murphy, on December 29, 1968 ) and Lord Jamar ( born Lorenzo Dechalus, on September 17, 1968 ), and two DJs: DJ Alamo and DJ Sincere.
Derek Sanderson Jeter (; born June 26, 1974 ) is an American baseball shortstop who has played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the New York Yankees.
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