On Being One's Own Person |
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Authors: | D Meyerson |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Legal History and Method, Faculty of Law, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa |
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Abstract: | The aim of the paper is to provide a philosophical account of our sense that some people are more their own person than others. I begin by exposing the weaknesses in three possible accounts, which I label the "interventionist", the "existentialist" and the "ideal" accounts. I then go on to argue that the distinguishing feature of those who are their own person is that their natural inclinations are accurately expressed in their behaviour. |
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Keywords: | authenticity Berlin character-formation existentialism Frankfurt individual nature Mill Nietzsche real desires Sartre |
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