Identity

Some questions about death

By / / Ethics (Moral Philosophy), Metaphysics / , , ,

If someone – Ben, say – was suddenly evaporated and replaced with an indistinguishable replica, did Ben die? What about if Ben was aware of his death? If Ben was gradually transformed by genetic and behavioural modifications into someone else – James, say – and the transformation happened so slowly that at no point did […]

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If I got myself cloned, would my identity still be my own?

By / / Metaphysics, Philosophy of mind / ,

Thank you, Robin Pickering, for such a great question! Many philosophers have cracked their heads open trying to answer this one, so I’ll try to do my best here. A thought experiment will show all the complexities and interesting elements of this problem. Suppose that in the future you can go to work on Mars

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