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W1 - B1 - CHAP 1 WHAT AM I? Nigel Warbuton Nigel Warbuton - Coggle…
W1 - B1 - CHAP 1
WHAT AM I?
Nigel Warbuton
1.3 PERSONAL IDENTITY p.17
DEFINITION
WHAT MAKES A PERSON THE
SAME PERSON DESPITE CHANGE
OVER TIME p.18
(DIFFERENT FROM "POLITICAL"
SENSE OF IDENTITY (CULTURAL,
ETHICITY, SEX. PREF., ETC)
QUESTIONS
ARE PPL "THE SAME
PERSON" OVER TIME?
LEADS TO CRUCIAL QU°
OF LAW, ETHICS, RIGHTS
ARE PPL MORALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT THEY DID
LONG TIME AGO? (and whats the justification of punishment?) p.17
IF TRANSFER MEMORIES FROM DYING BRAIN
TO ARTIFICIAL ONE = SAME PERSON? p.18
THEORIES
JOHN LOCKE
17th century
A "PERSON" = FORENSIC CONCEPT
=MORAL RESPONSIBILITY
NOT JUST BODY, p.19
MORAL RESPONSIBILITY
REQUIRES MEMORY OF
THE ACTIONS p.19
3 THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS
(based on Locke's ones), p.19
THE PRINCE
AND THE COBBLER
LOCKE' POSITION
=PRINCE MIND IS RESPONSIBLE, p.23
2.THE DAY-MAN
AND THE NIGHT-MAN
LOCKE'S POSITION
=RIGHT TO PUNISH DAY MAN
ONLY IF HE REMEMBERS, p.23
THE DRUNK AND
THE SOBER MAN
LOCKE'S POSITION
=WRONG TO PUNISH SOBER MAN, p.23
