Samuel Scheffler is University Professor and Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University. He is the author of seven books, including Why Worry about Future Generations? (OUP, 2018), and Death and the Afterlife (OUP, 2013).

Samuel Scheffler's book is a remarkable achievement. It engages philosophical difficulties that any reflective person can recognize and many people grapple with. It does so in a language and style that non-specialists can follow, while at the same time drawing on and engaging with contemporary philosophical literature and debates. As such, the book does academic ethical theory the service of bringing it back to life, both in the sense that it forces academic ethical theory to confront the reality of the phenomena it purports to explain and in the sense that it demonstrates its relevance to difficulties we encounter in living our lives.

• Chapter One: Introduction: The Lure of DetachmentChapter Two: Temporal Neutrality and Temporal BiasChapter Three: As Time Goes ByChapter Four: The Time of Our LivesChapter Five: Aging and the Threat of Normative PovertyChapter Six: The Historicist SensibilityChapter Seven: Attachment, Partiality, and Deference Chapter Eight: Leading LivesEpilogue: Contingency, Control, and Particularity

Samuel Scheffler is University Professor and Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University. He is the author of seven books, including Why Worry about Future Generations? (OUP, 2018), and Death and the Afterlife (OUP, 2013).

Samuel Scheffler's book is a remarkable achievement. It engages philosophical difficulties that any reflective person can recognize and many people grapple with. It does so in a language and style that non-specialists can follow, while at the same time drawing on and engaging with contemporary philosophical literature and debates. As such, the book does academic ethical theory the service of bringing it back to life, both in the sense that it forces academic ethical theory to confront the reality of the phenomena it purports to explain and in the sense that it demonstrates its relevance to difficulties we encounter in living our lives.

• Chapter One: Introduction: The Lure of DetachmentChapter Two: Temporal Neutrality and Temporal BiasChapter Three: As Time Goes ByChapter Four: The Time of Our LivesChapter Five: Aging and the Threat of Normative PovertyChapter Six: The Historicist SensibilityChapter Seven: Attachment, Partiality, and Deference Chapter Eight: Leading LivesEpilogue: Contingency, Control, and Particularity