<div>Paul Ricoeur has been hailed as one of the most important thinkers of the century. <i>Oneself as Another,</i> the clearest account of his "philosophical ethics," substantiates this position and lays the groundwork for a metaphysics of morals.<br><br>Focusing on the concept of personal identity, Ricoeur develops a hermeneutics of the self that charts its epistemological path and ontological status.<br><br></div>