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The intuition that one can only be responsible for one's own actions is extraordinarily strong. And this intuition seems to establish a link between personal identity and moral responsibility. Neo-Lockean theories of personal identity get part of their appeal thanks to their ability to account for this link. In this article I analyse what consequences fission cases have to the neo-Lockean theories' ability to account for that link between personal identity and moral responsibility. In doing so, I conclude that, within a neo-Lockean framework, fourdimensionalist theories are the best suited to account for that link. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the charges laid against the narrative approaches which argue for narrative self-constitution is that of the vicious circle. If a self is a story which someone could tell, and this self is author of its own tale, we are trapped in a circular argument. This article aims to evaluate the different answers to this problem given by the contemporary narrative approaches discussed, which are based on the search for a foundation for this narrative self external to the vicious circle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present article deals with the place the human body occupies in the configuration of personal identity according to Gabriel Marcel. We treat the subject of identity and the place in it that is occupied by the difficult relationship between "I" and my body, taking into consideration the current situation of this debate. In this way we seek to throw light on the signs of identity of our society, which lives vehemently the project of being oneself and the relationship between being and the body. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]