The state and the self : identity and identities / Maren Behrensen.

What makes a person the same person over time? This question has been studied throughout the history of philosophy. Yet philosophers have never fully engaged with the 'practitioners' of identity, namely technology developers, lawyers, politicians, sociologists and applied ethicists. In this fascinat...

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Main Author: Behrensen, Maren (Author)
Language:English
Published: London : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2017]
Series:Off the Fence: Morality, Politics and Society
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Physical Description:ix, 133 pages ; 23 cm.
Format: Book

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