Self-Identity and Personal Autonomy

Book excerpt: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Analytical Anthropology -- Part I: Self-Identity -- 1 The Problem of Personal Identity -- 2 Parfit's and Perry's Impersonal Solution -- 3 Atomistic Self-Identity and Analytical Personalism -- Part II: Personal Autonomy -- 4 Hierarchical Autonomy, Self-Identification and Self-Evaluation -- 5 Frankfurt on the Nature of the Will -- 6 Community and Authenticity of the Self -- Appendix: The Memory Theory of Personal Identity -- Bibliography -- Index of Names