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The Philosopher's View THE PERSONAL IDENTITY JOHN LOCKE'S THEORY…
The Philosopher's View
THE PERSONAL IDENTITY
JOHN LOCKE'S THEORY
SELF...
PERSON...
PERSONAL IDENTITY...
...IS SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS
(perceives that it is perceiving)
CONCERNED FOR ITSELF
"CONSIDER ITSELF AS ITSELF"
= perceives that it is perceiving
through and inseparable from
consciousness (impossible to perceive
without perceiving that you perceive)
...IS A FORENSIC
CONCEPT
BASIS FOR
JUSTICE
(reward / punishment
of actions)
HUMAN JUSTICE
GOD JUSTICE
... IS PSYCHOLOGICALLY
CONTINUOUS
REMAINS THE SAME "THINKING THING"
THROUGH SPACE AND TIME
CONTINUITY OF
MEMORY
"limited only by how far this consciousness
can be extended backwards to any past action"
..CAN BE MADE OF VARIOUS
SUBSTANCES
SIMPLE / COUMPOUND
SPIRITUAL / MATERIAL
...IS A LIVING BEING
("an
intelligent being
with
reason and reflection
")
FEELS
THINKS
MAN...
= A HOMO SAPIENS
= A HUMAN BEING
= 1 type of substance
WITH A BODY
"same man" =
same body
bodily continuity
EXAMPLES
A same S.P.P.I can have
a same substance
MAN WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTINUITY
(continuous self-awareness and memory)
Different S.P.P.I can have
different substances
SOCRATES / MAYOR
(if
they don't have
awareness of being the same S.P.P.I or memory of the other's actions, then they
are different S.P.P.I)
A same S.P.P.I can have
different substances
SOCRATES / MAYOR
(if
they have
awareness of being the same S.P.P.I
and remember the other's actions, then they are the same S.P.P.I)
BODY / LITTLE FINGER
(whether the S.P.P.I -memory and self-awareness- go to
:star:only the little finger
:star:only the rest of the body
:star:or in both at the same time
A same substance can
have different S.P.P.I
As long as there are more than one
distinct self-awareness and memory
(not aware or memory of the other)
SOCRATES DAY / SOCRATES NIGHT
SANE MAN / MAD MAN
SOBER MAN / DRUNK MAN
OLD MAN / LITTLE CHILD
FORENSIC
IMPLICATIONS
RIGHT
PUNISH THE S.P.P.I
THAT DID THE ACTION ONLY
SO NOT PUNISH A MAN FOR
AN ACTION HE DOESN'T REMEMBER
WRONG
PUNISH THE MAN FOR THE
ACTION OF ANOTHER S.P.P.I
PUNISH A MAN FOR AN ACTION
HE DOESN'T REMEMBER
HOWEVER
HUMAN JUSTICE
CANNOT DETERMINE IF
ACTION GENUINELY FORGOTTEN
SO RIGHT TO PUNISH
THE SAME MAN
GOD'S JUSTICE
DAY OF JUDGEMENT
=GOD WOULD ONLY PUNISH
THE RIGHT S.P.P.I
