Joel J. Kupperman is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut, and has been a visiting professor at colleges in Oxford and Cambridge. His previous books include Ethical Knowledge (1970), The Foundations of Morality (1983), Character (1991), and Value . . . And What Follows (1999).

Throughout the book the reader is delighted by a consistently lucid, pleasant prose style. The book is as much a literary as a philosophical pleasure

• Introduction Section 1:: The Formation of the Self Section 2:: The Fluidity of the Self Section 3:: Choice Section 4:: The Scope of Ethics Section 5:: The Demands of Ethics Section 6:: Philosophy as Communication Bibliography Index

Joel J. Kupperman is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut, and has been a visiting professor at colleges in Oxford and Cambridge. His previous books include Ethical Knowledge (1970), The Foundations of Morality (1983), Character (1991), and Value . . . And What Follows (1999).

Throughout the book the reader is delighted by a consistently lucid, pleasant prose style. The book is as much a literary as a philosophical pleasure

• Introduction Section 1:: The Formation of the Self Section 2:: The Fluidity of the Self Section 3:: Choice Section 4:: The Scope of Ethics Section 5:: The Demands of Ethics Section 6:: Philosophy as Communication Bibliography Index