Personal Identity and Applied Ethics : A Historical and Philosophical Introduction.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: personal identity, personal ontology, and ethics -- 1 The simple-soul approach and dualisms -- 2 Buddhist no-self approach and nihilism -- 3 Relational approach and Confucian role-person -- 4 Locke and the psychological approach -- 5 The physical approach and animalism -- 6 Practical and narrative approaches -- 7 What matters in survival and life-extending technologies -- 8 The beginning and the end -- Glossary -- Index.

Personal Identity and Applied Ethics introduces and examines different conceptions of the self and personal identity and considers the implications of these for applied ethics. It is an ideal text for courses on personal identity that consider both western and non-western approaches and that apply theories of personal identity to applied ethics. It will also be of interest to those in related subjects such as religious studies and history of ideas.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.