Accountability Integrity Authenticity and Self

Authors: Sarah Buss

Publish Date: 2013/10/23

Volume: 79, Issue: 7, Pages: 1351-1364

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Abstract

In this paper I consider three widespread assumptions 1 the assumption that we are accountable for our intentional actions only if they are in some special sense ours 2 the assumption that it is possible for us to be more or less “true to” ourselves and that we are flawed human beings to the extent that we lack “integrity” and 3 the assumption that we can sometimes give ourselves reasons by giving ourselves commands I acknowledge that as Ruediger Bittner has argued each of these assumptions is problematic and that the failure to appreciate the problems has led many philosophers astray I try to show however that it is possible to make sense of each assumption in a way that addresses Bittner’s concerns

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