Practical identity and narrative agency

The essays collected in this volume address a range of issues that arise when the focus of philosophical reflection on identity is shifted from solely metaphysical to practical and evaluative concerns. The essays also explore the usefulness of the notion of narrative for articulating and responding to these issues.1. Introduction: Practical identity and narrative agency / Catriona Mackenzie -- Pt. I. Personal identity and continuity -- 2. Staying alive: Personal continuation and a life worth having / Marya Schechtman -- 3. Personal identity: Practical or metaphysical? / Caroline West -- 4. Narrative identity and embodied continuity / Kim Atkins -- Pt. II. Practical identity and practical deliberation -- 5. Personal identity management / Jan Bransen -- 6. Imagination, identity, and self-transformation / Catriona Mackenzie -- 7. Why search for lost time? Memory, autonomy, and practical reason / John Christman -- Pt. III. Selfhood and normative agency -- 8. The way of the wanton / J. David Velleman -- 9. Losing one's self / Cheshire Calhoun -- 10. Normative agency / Jeanette Kennett and Steve Matthews -- 11. Remorse and moral identity / Christopher Cordner --Pt. IV. Selfhood, narrative, and time -- 12. Shaping a life: Narrative, time, and necessity / Genevieve Lloyd. 13. How to change the past / Karen Jones.296 page(s