Giving an Account of Oneself

What does it mean to lead a moral life? In her first extended study of moral philosophy, Judith Butler offers a provocative outline for a new ethical practice-one responsive to the need for critical autonomy and grounded in a new sense of the human subject.Butler takes as her starting point one's ability to answer the questions What have I doneand What ought I to do? She shows that these question can be answered only by asking a prior question, Who is this 'I' who is under an obligation to ...