Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming

by Agnes Callard

Book Overview

Becoming someone is a learning process; and what we learn is the new values around which, if we succeed, our lives will come to turn. Agents transform themselves in the process of, for example, becoming parents, embarking on careers, or acquiring a passion for music or politics. How can such activity be rational, if the reason for engaging in the relevant pursuit is only available to the person one will become? How is it psychologically possible to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190085142
• ISBN13: 9780190085148
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.3"