Table of Contents

Introduction: personal identity, personal ontology, and ethics

1. The simple-soul approach and dualisms

2. Buddhist no-self approach and nihilism

3. Relational approach and Confucian role-person

4. Locke and the psychological approach

5. The physical approach and animalism

6. Practical and narrative approaches

7. What matters in survival and life-extending technologies

8. The beginning and the end.

Glossary

Index

About the Author

Andrea Sauchelli is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. His book Personal Identity and Applied Ethics: A Historical and Philosophical Introduction is also available from Routledge.

Reviews

"This book invites readers to think deeply and creatively about the nature of the self and personhood. It provides tools to think about these topics in a philosophically rigorous way, but it also puts readers into dialogue with some of the best Christian, Buddhist, Confucian minds from past eras. The result is an inspiring example of historically and cross-culturally informed philosophic inquiry." - Bradford Cokelet, University of Kansas, USA

"This book invites readers to think deeply and creatively about the nature of the self and personhood. It provides tools to think about these topics in a philosophically rigorous way, but it also puts readers into dialogue with some of the best Christian, Buddhist, and Confucian minds from past eras. The result is an inspiring example of historically and cross-culturally informed philosophical inquiry." - Bradford Cokelet, University of Kansas, USA