Philosophy question: how would you feel about an exact biological clone of yourself being tortured?
Who’s Parfit? Sounds like he has some sort of utilitarian philosopher’s abstract spherical cow mental model of selfhood.
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His "Reasons and Persons" is worth reading, and accessible.
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yah. It’s good stuff. Lots of similar questions about teleportation/self-recreation. His conclusions on the transient nature of personhood are interesting.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Parfit …
@TaylorPearsonMe and I hit his book “Reasons and Persons” in our micro bookclub last year.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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