基于对传统哲学理性与激情关系模式的审视，借鉴柏拉图和康德哲学思想，科尔斯戈德提出一个与把理性与激情关系模式理解为相互对立的“对抗模式”截然不同的“构成模式”。她认为，行动导源于一个超越理性与激情二分对抗结构的统一自我，理性、激情、欲望应当和谐地整合为一个统一的行动主体。受柏拉图哲学和康德哲学的启发，科尔斯戈德进一步指出，真正的自主性和道德行为的行动根据在于一个由理性原则和正义原则所指导的自我。通过重新解读康德和柏拉图哲学，科尔斯戈德的自我构成理论凸显了理性秩序和道德原则在塑造个体完整性和指导伦理行为中的核心作用。

Based on the examination of the traditional philosophical model of the relationship between reason and passion, and drawing on the philosophical thoughts of Plato and Kant, Korsgaard proposes a "constitutive model" that understands the relationship between reason and passion as fundamentally different from the "antagonistic model", which views them as inherently opposed. She argues that action arises from a unified self that transcends the dichotomous and antagonistic structure of reason and passion, and that reason, passion, and desire should be harmoniously integrated into a unified acting subject. Inspired by the philosophies of Plato and Kant, Korsgaard further points out that the basis for genuine autonomy and moral action lies in a self guided by rational and just principles. Through her reinterpretation of Kantian and Platonic philosophy, Korsgaard's theory of self-constitution highlights the central role of rational order and moral principles in shaping individual integrity and guiding ethical behavior.