Self-Constitution: Agency, Identity, and Integrity

245 Pages·2009·0.82 MB·English

by  Christine M. Korsgaard

Self-Constitution
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Self-Constitution
Agency, Identity, and Integrity
Christine M. Korsgaard
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Contents
AbbreviationsforFrequentlyCitedWorks ix
Preface xi
1. AgencyandIdentity 1
1.1 Necessitation 1
1.2 ActsandActions 8
1.3 AristotleandKant 14
1.4 AgencyandPracticalIdentity 18
2. TheMetaphysicsofNormativity 27
2.1 ConstitutiveStandards 27
2.2 TheConstitutionofLife 35
2.3 InDefenseofTeleology 37
2.4 TheParadoxofSelf-Constitution 41
3. FormalandSubstantivePrinciplesofReason 45
3.1 FormalversusSubstantive 45
3.2 TestingversusWeighing 49
3.3 MaximizingandPrudence 52
4. PracticalReasonandtheUnityoftheWill 59
4.1 TheEmpiricistAccountofNormativity 59
4.2 TheRationalistAccountofNormativity 64
4.3 KantontheHypotheticalImperative 68
4.4 AgainstParticularisticWilling 72
4.5 DecidingandPredicting 76
5. AutonomyandEfficacy 81
5.1 TheFunctionofAction 81
5.2 ThePossibilityofAgency 84
5.3 Non-RationalAction 90
5.4 Action 93
5.5 Attribution 100
5.6 ThePsychologyofAction 104
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6. ExpulsionfromtheGarden:TheTransitiontoHumanity 109
6.1 Instinct,Emotion,Intelligence,andReason 109
6.2 ThePartsoftheSoul 117
6.3 InsideorOutside? 122
6.4 PullYourselfTogether 125
7. TheConstitutionalModel 133
7.1 TwoModelsoftheSoul 133
7.2 TheCityandtheSoul 135
7.3 PlatonicVirtues 142
7.4 Justice:Substantive,Procedural,andPlatonic 148
7.5 KantandtheConstitutionalModel 153
8. DefectiveAction 159
8.1 TheProblemofBadAction 159
8.2 BeingGovernedbytheWrongLaw 161
8.3 FourorFiveBadConstitutions 165
8.4 ConceptionsofEvil 170
8.5 DegreesofAction 174
9. IntegrityandInteraction 177
9.1 DecidingtobeBad 177
9.2 TheOrdinaryCases 180
9.3 DealingwiththeDisunified 184
9.4 Kant’sTheoryofInteraction 188
9.5 MyReasons 197
9.6 DecidingtoTreatSomeoneasanEndinHimself 200
9.7 InteractingwithYourself 202
10. HowtobeaPerson 207
10.1 What’sLeftofMe? 207
10.2 Conclusion 212
Bibliography 215
Index 219
Abbreviations for Frequently Cited
Works
Referencestoandcitationsoffrequentlycitedworksaregivenparenthetically
inthetext,usingtheabbreviationscitedbelow.Fortheeditionsandtranslations
quoted,pleaseseetheBibliography.
1. Aristotle
References to Aristotle’s works will be given by the standard Bekker page,
column,andlinenumbers,usingthefollowingabbreviations.
NE NicomacheanEthics
M Metaphysics
MA MovementofAnimals
OS OntheSoul
POL Politics
2. Hume
T ATreatiseofHumanNature(citedbybook,section,andpagenumber)
3. Kant
ReferencestoKant’sworkswillbegivenbythepagenumbersoftherelevant
volume of Kants gesammelte Schriften, which appear in the margins of most
translations.TheCritiqueofPureReason,however,iscitedinitsownstandard
way,bythepagenumbersofboththefirst(A)andsecond(B)editions. The
abbreviationsusedfollow:
ANTH AnthropologyfromaPragmaticPointofView
C1 CritiqueofPureReason
C2 CritiqueofPracticalReason
CBHH ‘‘ConjecturesontheBeginningofHumanHistory’’
G GroundworkoftheMetaphysicsofMorals
IUH ‘‘IdeaforaUniversalHistorywithaCosmopolitanPurpose’’
LE LecturesonEthics