The Identities of PersonsAmélie Rorty In this volume, thirteen philosophers contribute new essays analyzing the criteria for personal identity and their import on ethics and the theory of action: it presents contemporary treatments of the issues discussed in Personal Identity, edited by John Perry (University of California Press, 1975) |
Contents
SURVIVAL AND IDENTITY | 17 |
SURVIVAL | 41 |
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING IDENTICAL | 67 |
LEWIS PERRY AND WHAT MATTERS | 91 |
EMBODIMENT AND BEHAVIOR | 109 |
CONDITIONS OF PERSONHOOD | 175 |
PERSONS CHARACTER AND MORALITY | 197 |
RATIONAL HOMUNCULI | 217 |
IDENTIFICATION AND EXTERNALITY | 239 |
SELFIDENTITY AND SELFREGARD | 253 |
RESPONSIBILITY FOR SELF | 281 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 325 |
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