Personal Identity and Ethics: A Brief Introduction

by David Shoemaker

The relationship between personal identity and ethics remains on of the most intriguing yet vexing issues in philosophy. It is commonplace to hold that moral responsibility for past actions requires that the responsible agent is in some respect identicalto the agent who performed the action. Is this true? On the other hand, can ethics constrain our account of personal identity? Do the practical requirements of moral theory commit us to the view that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551118823
• ISBN13: 9781551118826
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Broadview Press Inc
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"