Giving an Account of Oneself

by Judith Butler

Book Overview

What does it mean to lead a moral life?In her first extended study of moral philosophy, Judith Butler offers a provocative outline for a new ethical practice-one responsive to the need for critical autonomy and grounded in a new sense of the human subject.Butler takes as her starting point one's ability to answer the questions What have I done?and What ought I to do?She shows that these question can be answered only by asking a prior question, Who...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823225046
• ISBN13: 9780823225040
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"