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Personal identity and applied ethics : a historical and philosophical introduction /

'Soul', 'self', 'substance' and 'person' are just four of the terms often used to refer to the human individual. Cutting across metaphysics, ethics, and religion the nature of personal identity is a fundamental and longstanding puzzle in philosophy. Personal I...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sauchelli, Andrea (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2017.
Edición:1 [edition].
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Personal identity, personal ontology, and ethics
  • The simple-soul approach and dualisms
  • Buddhist no-self approach and nihilism
  • Relational approach and Confucian role-person
  • Locke and the psychological approach
  • The physical approach and animalism
  • Practical and narrative approaches
  • What matters in survival and life-extending technologies
  • The beginning and the end.