MORAL AND PERSONAL IDENTITY

Moral conceptions of personal identity seem liable to different, more or less interesting, interpretations. This paper argues that on more interesting interpretations, moral identity is more a significant feature of personal identity than actually synonymous with it. The paper then proceeds to ident...

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Autor principal: Carr, David 1944- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: 2001
En: International journal of education and religion
Año: 2001, Volumen: 2, Número: 1, Páginas: 79-97
Otras palabras clave:B Persona self moral agency Kantian (ethics) utilitarianism communitarianism virtue (ethics)
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Publisher)
Parallel Edition:No electrónico
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Sumario:Moral conceptions of personal identity seem liable to different, more or less interesting, interpretations. This paper argues that on more interesting interpretations, moral identity is more a significant feature of personal identity than actually synonymous with it. The paper then proceeds to identify and evaluate the relative merits of very diverse conceptions of the relationship of person to moral agency in the major traditions of moral theory.
Descripción Física:Online-Ressource
ISSN:1570-0623
Obras secundarias:In: International journal of education and religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/1570-0623-90000029