The appendix to one work by this thinker argues against the brute fact theory to claim that there could be an explanation for why the universe is the way it is.
The appendix to one work by this thinker argues against the brute fact theory to claim that there could be an explanation for why the universe is the way it is. In that work, this philosopher argued that different theorists have been "climbing the same mountain on different sides," and proposed what he called the "triple theory." That triple theory of this philosopher holds that to be right, an act must not be disallowed by "principles that are optimific, uniquely universally willable, and not reasonably rejectable," and is elucidated in his On What Matters. This philosopher's most famous work employs the mere addition paradox to formulate an anti-consequentialist argument according to which a society with high aggregate happiness due to a large number of people who are all miserable is paradoxically superior to a society with fewer people, all of whom have a high quality of life. For 10 points, identify this moral philosopher who formulated his famous "Repugnant Conclusion," in his magnum opus, Reasons and Persons.
The appendix to one work by this thinker argues against the brute fact theory to claim that there could be an explanation for why the universe is the way it is.
Derek Parfit