Autonomy and the Self

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kühler, Michael (Editor), Jelinek, Nadja (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Philosophical Studies Series ; 118
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Ethics.; Philosophy of mind.; Philosophy of Mind.

This volume addresses the complex interplay between the conditions of an agent’s personal autonomy and the constitution of her self in light of two influential background assumptions: a libertarian thesis according to which it is essential for personal autonomy to be able to choose freely how one’s...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Introduction; Michael Kühler, Nadja Jelinek
• Section I: Autonomy and Free Will
• 1. Freedom Without Choice?; Gottfried Seebaß
• 2. Freedom and Normativity – Varieties of Free Will; Barbara Merker
• Section II: Autonomy, the Self, and the Role of Personal Traits
• 3. Norm-Guided Formation of Cares without Volitional Necessity – A Response to Frankfurt; John Davenport
• 4. Dynamics in Autonomy; Nadja Jelinek
• 5. The Normative Significance of Personal Projects; Monika Betzler
• 6. Normative Self-Constitution and Individual Autonomy; John Christman
• 7. Psychocorporeal Selfhood, Practical Intelligence, and Adaptive Autonomy; Diana Tietjens Meyers
• 8. Emotion, Autonomy, and Weakness of Will; Sabine Döring
• 9. Who Am I to Uphold Unrealizable Normative Claims?; Michael Kühler
• Section III: Autonomy and the Self Within Society's Grip
• 10. Paternalistic Love and Reasons for Caring; Bennett W. Helm
• 11. Self-Identity and Moral Agency; Marina Oshana
• 12. Being Identical by Being (Treated as) Responsible; Michael Quante
• 13. Integrity Endangered by Hypocrisy; Nora Hangel
• 14. Who Can I Blame?; Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen
• About the Authors
• Index.