This essay, within the context of Oneself as Another, develops four main ideas: First, when Ricœur talks about his “little ethics”, he supposes a phenomenology of the self displayed as a hermeneutic subjectivity. Second, this subjectivity is only possible through a linguistic mediation which keeps in mind the reflexive philosophy inspired on J. Nabert. Third, based on the concept of narrative identity the cogito integrale is built, and this responsible subject, engages in dialogue with some of the main principles of the ethics of communicative reason.