Personal Identity and Social Self
Answer each question in NO MORE than three paragraphs.
1. Identify at least one example of each of the following, as experienced in your own life: 1) The context-dependency of personal identity; 2) the dynamic nature of personal identity; 3) the variable attachment to different aspects of personal identity. What do you think it means, in light of these examples, to be “true to oneself?”
2. Explain and give examples of what James by each of the following: Your material self, your social self, and your spiritual self.