▁suic ide ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁ ▁G iving ▁an ▁Account ▁of ▁On es elf ▁( 2 0 0 5 ) ▁In ▁G iving ▁an ▁Account ▁of ▁On es elf , ▁Butler ▁develop s ▁an ▁eth ics ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁opacity ▁of ▁the ▁subject ▁to ▁itself ; ▁in ▁other ▁words , ▁the ▁limits ▁of ▁self - know ledge . ▁Prim arily ▁borrow ing ▁from ▁The odor ▁Ad orno , ▁Michel ▁Fou ca ult , ▁Friedrich ▁N iet z sche , ▁Jean ▁Lap lan che , ▁Adri ana ▁Cav ar ero ▁and ▁Em manuel ▁Le vin as , ▁Butler ▁develop s ▁a ▁theory ▁of ▁the ▁formation ▁of ▁the ▁subject . ▁She ▁the or izes ▁the ▁subject ▁in ▁relation ▁to ▁the ▁social   – ▁a ▁community ▁of ▁others ▁and ▁their ▁norm s ▁– ▁which ▁is ▁beyond ▁the ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁subject ▁it ▁forms , ▁as ▁precisely ▁the ▁very ▁condition ▁of ▁that ▁subject ' s ▁formation , ▁the ▁resources ▁by ▁which ▁the ▁subject ▁becomes ▁recogn iz ably ▁human , ▁a ▁gram mat ical ▁" I ", ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁place . ▁ ▁Butler ▁accepts ▁the ▁claim ▁that ▁if ▁the ▁subject ▁is ▁op aque ▁to ▁itself ▁the ▁limitations ▁of ▁its ▁free ▁eth ical ▁responsibility ▁and ▁oblig ations ▁are ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁limits ▁of ▁narr ative , ▁pres upp os itions ▁of ▁language ▁and ▁projection . ▁ ▁Instead ▁she ▁arg ues ▁for ▁an ▁eth ics ▁based ▁precisely ▁on ▁the ▁limits ▁of ▁self - know ledge ▁as ▁the ▁limits ▁of ▁responsibility ▁itself . ▁Any ▁concept ▁of