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PERSONHOOD, IDENTITY AND THE GOOD LIFE FOR SOCIAL BEINGS
Blaine J. Fowers, Ph.D.University of Miami
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Big Picture1. Personhood is central2. Identity core of personhood3. Identity is social in nature
a. Relational identity in infancyb. Relational identity in adulthood
4. Identity serves social functions5. Aristotle’s function argument6. The good life for social beings
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What is a Person? Agency Rights Dignity Temporal unity Moral responsibility Self-awareness Self-interpretive
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The Centrality of Identity Necessary for personhood Identity distinguishes No “I” without “you” No “we” without “them” Identity is relational
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Neonate Sociality Facial recognition Synchrony
Rhythmic interaction Temporal matching Social contingency Mutual gaze first Body games
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Infant Sociality Mutually Responsive
Orientation Responsiveness
Distress Needs Bids for attention Influence attempts
Shared positive affect
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“Self”-Regulation Affect regulation Highest positive arousal “External” regulation Mutual regulation Self-regulation
Self-recognition Verbal self-reference
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Toddler Sociality Committed Compliance Moral self
Recognize rules and standards Self-evaluation Moral emotions
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Collective Identity Social
categorization Individual identity Collective identity
Social categorization heuristic
Social identity heuristic
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Collective Identity
Identify who matters Transformation of motivation
In-group favoritism Prioritize in-group over self Loyalty heuristic
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Group Goal Transformation
Before Feedback
After Feedback
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Group IdentityIndividual Identity
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De Cremer & van Dijk, 2002
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Group Loyalty
Unattractive Exit
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Group IdentityIndividual Identity
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Van Vugt & Hart 2004
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Baseball Rivalry
Favored Team Success
Ventral Striatum Pleasure Ratings
Favored Team Failure Anterior Cingulate
Cortex
Rival Team Failure
Rival Team Success
Pain Ratings
AggressionEndorsement
Cikara, Botvinick, & Fiske, 2011
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Aristotle’s Natural Ethics Priority of the Good Function argument
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Function Argument
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Human Social Functions Identity takes enormous energy
Social coordination Attachment Cooperation Coordinated activity Norms
Particularity Accountability
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Ethical Beings
Essentially social creatures The Good Life for social beings
Ethical questions Social excellences Ubiquity of ethics “We” as important as “I”
The Good as an attractor
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AcknowledgementThis work was funded by a generous
grant from the Arsht Ethics Initiatives and
the University of Miami Ethics Programs