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When philosophers address personal identity, they usually explore numerical identity: what are the criteria for a person's continuing existence? When non-philosophers address it, they often have in mind narrative identity: which characteristics of a particular person are salient to her self-con...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: DeGrazia, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Identification.
Human beings.
Bioethics.
Self-perception.
Group identity.
Bioethical Issues
Bioethics
Self Concept
Social Identification
Humans
Identité.
Êtres humains.
Bioéthique.
Perception de soi.
Identité collective.
identity.
Homo sapiens (species)
group identity.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Self-perception
Group identity
Human beings
Identification
Philosophische Anthropologie
Ich-Identität
Bioethik
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Human persons: numerical identity and essence
  • Human persons: narrative identity and self-creation
  • Identity, what we are, and the definition of death
  • Advance directives, dementia, and the someone else problem
  • Enhancement technologies and self-creation
  • Prenatal identity: genetic interventions, reproductive choices.

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