“We become full human agents, capable of understanding ourselves, and hence of defining our identity, through our acquisition of rich human languages of expression.” HumansLanguageUnderstandingRichIdentityExpressionCapableAgentsDefiningAcquisitionHuman Language Book:The Ethics of Authenticity Source: The Ethics of Authenticity
“We define our identity always in dialogue with, sometimes in struggle against, the things our significant others want to see in us. Even after we outgrow some of these others—our parents, for instance—and they disappear from our lives, the conversation with them continues within us as long as we live.” WantLongSometimesParentStruggleOur LivesIdentityConversationDisappearSignificantDialogueInstance Book:Philosophical Arguments Source: Philosophical Arguments
“To know who I am is a species of knowing where I stand. My identity is defined by the commitments and identifications which provide the frame or horizon within which I can try to determine from case to case what is good, or valuable, or what ought to be done, or what I endorse or oppose. In other words, it is the horizon within which I am capable of taking a stand.” KnowsTryingI CanDoneCasesKnowingIdentityOughtCapableCommitmentSpeciesDetermineValuableWho I AmDefinedHorizonIdentification Book:Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity Source: Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity
