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Narrative Identity, Autonomy, and Mortality

From Frankfurt and Macintyre to Kierkegaard

by John J. Davenport

  • Hardback
  • 248 pages
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.7 cm

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In the last two decades, interest in narrative conceptions of identity has grown exponentially, though there is little agreement about what a "life-narrative" might be. In connecting Kierkegaard with virtue ethics, several scholars have recently argued that narrative models of selves and MacIntyre's concept of the unity of a life help make sense of Kierkegaard's existential stages and, in particular, explain the transition from "aesthetic" to "ethical" modes of life. But others have recently raised difficult questions both for these readings of Kierkegaard and for narrative accounts of identity that draw on the work of MacIntyre in general. While some of these objections concern a strong kind of unity or "wholeheartedness" among an agent's long-term goals or cares, the fundamental objection raised by critics is that personal identity cannot be a narrative, since stories are artifacts made by persons. In this book, Davenport defends the narrative approach to practical identity and autonomy in general, and to Kierkegaard's stages in particular.
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  • Author

    John J. Davenport

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Taylor & Francis Ltd

  • Published

    July 2012

  • Weight

    454g

  • Page Count

    248

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9780415894135

  • ISBN-10

    0415894131

  • Eden Code

    4573119

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