Ideas from 'Ethics of the Concern for Self as Freedom' by Michel Foucault [1984], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Essential Works 1954-1984 I: Ethics' by Foucault,Michel (ed/tr Rabinow,Paul) [Penguin 1994,0-14-025954-6]].

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

7426	Critical philosophy is what questions domination at every level

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 1. Continental Philosophy

7423	Philosophy and politics are fundamentally linked

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos

7420	When logos controls our desires, we have actually become the logos

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism

7424	Saying games of truth were merely power relations would be a horrible exaggeration

16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 2. Self as Social Construct

7422	A subject is a form which can change, in (say) political or sexual situations

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / b. Defining ethics

7419	Ethics is the conscious practice of freedom

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 1. Social Power

7425	The aim is not to eliminate power relations, but to reduce domination

25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 5. Freedom of lifestyle

7418	The idea of liberation suggests there is a human nature which has been repressed