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Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity[1] is a work of philosophy by Charles Taylor, published in 1989 by Harvard University Press. It is an attempt to articulate and to write a history of the "modern identity".[2] The book "is an attempt to articulate and write a history of the modern identity ... what it is to be a human agent: the senses of inwardness, freedom, individuality, and being embedded in nature which are at home in the modern West."[3] Before considering the sources of the modern identity, Taylor illuminates the inescapable and yet often unarticulated, or unseen, moral frameworks within which contemporary moral values exist. Taylor articulates these moral frameworks in terms of three axes. The first axis refers to beliefs about the value of human life, how people should be treated, the respect we afford to human life and the moral obligations these beliefs demand from us. The second moral axis refers to beliefs about the kind of life that is worth living, b

Sources of the Self - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1989 work by Charles Taylor This article needs more citations . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . Find sources: "Sources of the Self" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( March 2011 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity Author Charles Taylor Language English Subject Identity Publisher Harvard University Press Publication date 1989 Publication p

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