Giving an Account of Oneself - 9780823225033

Giving an Account of OneselfAuthor(s): Judith Butler\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Fordham University Press, United States\nImprint: Fordham University Press\nISBN-13: 9780823225033, 978-0823225033\nSynopsis\nWhat does it mean to lead a moral life?\n In her first extended study of moral philosophy, Judith Butler offers a provocative outline for a new ethical practiceone responsive to the need for critical autonomy and grounded in a new sense of the human subject.\n 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 is this 'I' who is under an obligation to give an account of itself and to act in certain ways?\"" Because I find that I cannot give an account of myself without accounting for the social conditions under which I emerge, ethical reflection requires a turn to social theory.\n In three powerfully crafted and lucidly writt.