Narrative identity and moral identity : a practical perspective / Kim Atkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Atkins, Kim.

Series:

Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy ; 14.

Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy ; 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Autobiography.

Physical Description:

175 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2008.

Summary:

This book is part of the growing field of practical approaches to philosophical questions relating to identity, agency and ethics, working across continental and analytical traditions.Kim Atkins explains and justifies the basis of the practical approach through an explication of the structures of human embodiment and an account of how those structures necessitate a narrative model of selfhood, understanding and ethics. She highlights how recent work on agency and autonomy implicitly draws upon conceptions of embodiment and intersubjectivity that underpin the narrative view.

Contents:

Locke, Hume, and Kant on selfhood

The ambiguity of embodiment : first- and third-personal perspectives

Intersubjectivity and the second-personal perspective

The embodied self and narrative identity

Narrative identity and the ethical perspective

Practical wisdom and moral exceptionality

Autonomy competency and narrative competency.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-167) and index.

ISBN:

9780415956321

0415956323

OCLC:

226984572