This title was first published in 2001: We are all persons or selves. But what exactly does it mean that we possess an identity and autonomy as persons or selves?

Stefaan E. Cuypers

Contents: Preface; Introduction: analytical anthropology; Self-Identity: The problem of personal identity; Parfit's and Perry's impersonal solution; Atomistic self-identity and analytical personalism; Personal Autonomy: Hierarchical autonomy, self-identification and self-evaluation; Frankfurt on the nature of the will; Community and authenticity of the self; Appendix: the memory theory of personal identity; Bibliography; Index of names.