On 28 April 2015 at 10:33, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > You make a rule about punishing people that will deter them from > committing crimes in a way that maximizes satisfaction in the community. > I'm not sure what rules that is, but it doesn't necessarily have to solve > some philosophical problem of personal identity. > > In your example, suppose society said, "No we won't punish him." Then > people might be tempted to use this as a way of killing someone they hate. > So society would probably say, "Yes, we'll punish him...and any additional > copies of him too." >
I agree in principle, although ISTM you'd have to hate someone an awful LOT to kill them and then commit suicide so your duplicate could escape being punished for the crime. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
