The essays collected in this volume address a range of issues that arise when the focus of philosophical reflection on identity is shifted from metaphysical to

This book is part of the growing field of practical approaches to philosophical questions relating to identity, agency and ethics--approaches which work across

In the last two decades, interest in narrative conceptions of identity has grown exponentially, though there is little agreement about what a "life-narrative" m

One of the most basic and important distinctions we draw is between those entities with the capacity of agency and those without. As humans we enjoy agency in i

Is each of us the main character in a story we tell about ourselves, or is this narrative understanding of selfhood misguided and possibly harmful? Are selves a