Attributing Responsibility to the Narrative Self

Abstract

The self is not a metaphysical object but a mode of temporal organization unified by responsibility. Learning to be responsible constitutes the self as a self-identical entity over time. Responsibility depends on the current self interpreting previous events, attributing them to itself and thereby committing itself for the future. (2004)

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David L. Thompson
Memorial University of Newfoundland

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