Personal Identity: Volume 22, Part 2 (Social Philosophy and Policy)

Paul, Ellen Frankel; Miller Jr, Fred D.; Paul, Jeffrey

ISBN 10: 0521617677 / ISBN 13: 9780521617673

Published by Cambridge University Press (edition ), 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Personal Identity: Volume 22, Part 2 (Social Philosophy and Policy)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (edition )
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521617677
• ISBN 13: 9780521617673
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

What makes me the same person today that I was yesterday or will be tomorrow? In Plato's Symposium, Socrates observed that all of us are constantly undergoing change--physical as well as changes in our "manners, customs, opinions, desires, pleasures, pains, [and] fears." Aristotle theorized that some underlying "substratum" remains constant even while we undergo these changes. John Locke rejected Aristotle's view and reformulated the problem of personal identity in his own way. These essays--written by prominent philosophers and legal and economic theorists--offer valuable insights into the nature of personal identity and its implications for morality and public policy.

About the Authors

Ellen Frankel Paul is Deputy Director of the Social Philosophy and Policy Center and Professor of Political Science at Bowling Green State University.

Fred D. Miller, Jr. is Executive Director of the Social Philosophy and Policy Center and Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University.

Jeffrey Paul is Associate Director of the Social Philosophy and Policy Center and Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University.