Personal Identity and Ethics: A Brief Introduction - Couverture souple

Shoemaker, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1551118823 ISBN 13 : 9781551118826

Editeur : Broadview Press Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

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 identical to 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 persons do remain identical over time? For example, does the moral status of abortion or stem cell research depend on whether personal identity is based on psychological or biological properties? Or is it the case that personal identity is not, in fact, relevant to ethics?

Personal Identity and Ethics provides the first comprehensive examination of these issues. Topics include personal identity and prudential rationality; personal identity’s significance for moral responsibility and ethical theory; and the practical consequences of accounts of personal identity for issues such as abortion, stem cell research, cloning, advance directives, population ethics, multiple personality disorder, and the definition of death.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

David Shoemaker is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University. He has published many important articles in ethics and personal identity in journals such as Ethics, Mind, and Philosophy and Public Affairs. He is also the author of the industry standard Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article "Personal Identity and Ethics."

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Broadview Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1551118823
• ISBN 13: 9781551118826
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible