Autonomy and the Self

This volume addresses the complex interplay between the conditions of an agent<U+0019>s personal autonomy and the constitution of her self in light of two influential background assumptions: a libertarian thesis according to which it is essential for personal autonomy to be able to choose free...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: K<U+00fc>hler, Michael. (Editor), Jelinek, Nadja. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Philosophical Studies Series ; 118
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4789-0
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Introduction; Michael K<U+00fc>hler, Nadja Jelinek
  • Section I: Autonomy and Free Will
  • 1. Freedom Without Choice?; Gottfried Seeba<U+00df>
  • 2. Freedom and Normativity <U+0013> Varieties of Free Will; Barbara Merker
  • Section II: Autonomy, the Self, and the Role of Personal Traits
  • 3. Norm-Guided Formation of Cares without Volitional Necessity <U+0013> A Response to Frankfurt; John Davenport
  • 4. Dynamics in Autonomy; Nadja Jelinek
  • 5. The Normative Significance of Personal Projects; Monika Betzler
  • 6. Normative Self-Constitution and Individual Autonomy; John Christman
  • 7. Psychocorporeal Selfhood, Practical Intelligence, and Adaptive Autonomy; Diana Tietjens Meyers
  • 8. Emotion, Autonomy, and Weakness of Will; Sabine Dr̲ing
  • 9. Who Am I to Uphold Unrealizable Normative Claims?; Michael K<U+00fc>hler
  • Section III: Autonomy and the Self Within Society's Grip
  • 10. Paternalistic Love and Reasons for Caring; Bennett W. Helm
  • 11. Self-Identity and Moral Agency; Marina Oshana
  • 12. Being Identical by Being (Treated as) Responsible; Michael Quante
  • 13. Integrity Endangered by Hypocrisy; Nora Hangel
  • 14. Who Can I Blame?; Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen
  • About the Authors
  • Index.