I roto i tana mahi mātauranga katoa, i mahi a Parfit i te Whare Wānanga o Oxford, i reira ia he Kairangahau Matua Emeritus i te Whare Wananga o All Souls i te wa o tona matenga. He kaiwhakaako toro hoki ia mo te whakaaro i te Whare Wānanga o Harvard, Whare Wānanga o New York, me te Whare Wānanga o Rutgers. I whakawhiwhia ia ki te 2014 Rolf Schock Prize "mo ana takoha whakahirahira mo te tuakiri whaiaro, te whakaaro ki nga whakatupuranga o muri mai, me te wetewete i te hanganga o nga ariā matatika".
Ko te tau 2014