It is ultimately dependent upon an
analysis of the self as some sort of self - enclosed independently
existing entity and produces precisely the difficulty for ethics that has been erroneously
attributed to Whitehead, namely that his ethics would be a private - interest theory, at best.1 But Whitehead clearly repudiates the contributing
analysis of the self, which would be «no more original than a stone» (PR 159), and repudiates its consequences for ethics: «The doctrine of minds, as independent substances, leads directly not merely to private worlds of experience, but also to private worlds of morals.
Though this project will not seek to
attribute impacts of such events, it will situate the
analysis in the
existing vulnerability and exposure context, to further the strengthen the evidence base to inform decision - making.