Lee Corbin writes:
[quoting Stathis]
As I have said above, it is possible to rigorously define death as
occurring
when there is no successor observer moment, anywhere or ever. This is
the
case with physical death where there is no surviving copy or where the
surviving copy has diverged
On Jul 4, 2005, at 8:11 AM, Lee Corbin wrote:You think that person A ought (in the ethical sense) to have a strong desire for the future existence of person B - no less, in fact, than for the future existence of person A. You imply this when you say the subject is selfish. I see your point,
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I am trying
Hal Finey wrote:
If imperfect or diverged copies are to be considered as
lesser-degree selves, is there an absolute rule which applies,
an objective reality which governs the extent to which two
different individuals are the same self, or is it ultimately
a matter of taste and opinion for the
Hal wrote:
If imperfect or diverged copies are to be considered as
lesser-degree selves, is there an absolute rule which applies,
an objective reality which governs the extent to which two
different individuals are the same self, or is it ultimately
a matter of taste and opinion for the
On Jul 3, 2005, at 12:56 PM, Jonathan Colvin wrote:Hal Finey wrote: If imperfect or diverged copies are to be considered as lesser-degree selves, is there an absolute rule which applies, an objective reality which governs the extent to which two different individuals are the same "self", or is it
Hal writes
I have been on vacation so I have a large backlog of messages to read!
But they are very interesting and full of challenging ideas. I find this
list to be one of the best I have ever been on in terms both of fearlessly
exploring difficult areas and also remaining cordial and
Pete writes
David Hume Quote
In other words -- no matter what you think about your
degree of identity to a person, or how many facts you
know about the situation you're in, those facts alone
can't tell you how you should act.
Okay. I agree. I too believe in the is/ought barrier,
if
Pete:
I think this interpretation, using I, has an unnecessary
complication to it. What I think Lee is really saying
(in third person terms) is, Person A ought to terminate
person A's life, because person A desires the existence
of (person B + 5 dollars) more strongly than he desires
the
Lee Corbin writes:
Having my duplicate who has already diverged live on while I die is not
just
memory loss, but rather replacement of the lost memories with someone
else's, which I feel is a greater threat to my identity and which I
would be
less likely to agree to.
It's someone else
Pete Carlton writes:
[quoting Hal Finney]
If imperfect or diverged copies are to be considered as
lesser-degree selves, is there an absolute rule which applies,
an objective reality which governs the extent to which two
different individuals are the same self, or is it ultimately
a matter of
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