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    Normative Identity

    By Per Bauhn

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    Normative Identity is about how we define ourselves and others in terms of our ideas about the good and the right. Conflict as well as cooperation spring from our normative identity. Terrorists as well as social reformers find meaning and justification for their actions in their beliefs about whom and what they are and should be. But normative identities are not immune to rational criticism. This book argues that we should try to develop for ourselves a complex normative identity, based on the values of truth, justice, and beauty and consistent with the requirements of rational agency. Per Bauhn develops distinct but interrelated themes in moral philosophy to offer a new understanding of the relation between identity, values, meaning and agency. Ultimately he outlines a normative identity that is both rationally justified and can function as a source of meaning and motivation.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRowman & Littlefield International
    Release dateMay 4, 2017
    ISBN9781783485789
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    Normative Identity
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    Per Bauhn

    Per Bauhn is an associate professor of practical philosophy at Lund University, Sweden, and lectures in peace and conflict studies and practical philosophy. He is the author of Ethical Aspects of Political Terrorism and Nationalism and Morality.

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