The authoress discusses the revived concept of identity which is common in contemporary political philosophy. This concept suggests that the question 'who are you?' should be answered by reference to one's actions and engagements. She calls this notion of identity 'performative identity' whose paradigmatic example is H. Arendt's concept of identity. Recognizing the merits of such an account of identity, the authoress presents its weaknesses in the form it took in the views of Hannah Arendt and her contemporary successors (especially in those of Amy Gutmann). She concludes with a proposal for improvements by discussing the concept of identity. In this way the conception of identity under discussion is more convincing. The focus on individuals as deliberating agents capable of acting on principles is a source of fruitful ideas that arise in the development of the concept of performative identity.
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Loess occupies all around Cracow countryside and is a main Quarternairy coverage. The paper presents the results of the opportunity to use loess soil for the land nivelation and tighteining of the background. When loess is as a local soil or a background layer, total or partial using of this material may decrease the cost of objekts' building very much.
Kant is sometimes seen as 'the most adequate of the Social Contract theorists'. Although he seems to provide evidence for this view, it is not clear what exactly the role and meaning of consent in his theory is. The authoress argues that for Kant social contract is not a device of justification but an element in the process of judgment. Its role is to help us see if a proposed public law is rightful. The main line of her argument is as follows. First, she shows the differences between Kant's use of the idea of social contract and the use of it made by the authors of the Social Contract tradition. Secondly, she shows that Kant did not need any theory of social contract because for him social contract is a means of 'translation' of the abstract requirements of the Categorical Imperative into specific demands of justice for a particular political community. The conclusion is somewhat paradoxical: if Kant was a social contract theorist (and she believes he was) he is of a peculiar kind. His use of social contract articulates the conditions which make thinking in terms of 'possible consent' a theoretically fruitful and inspiring enterprise.
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