On the Moral Problems Raised by the Existence of Personites.
According to the worm theory, persons are (maximal) aggregates of person-stages existing at different times. Personites, on the other hand, are non-maximal aggregates of stages that are very much like persons. Their existence appears to make instances of prudential self-sacrifice morally problematic...
| Publicado en: | Mind (0026-4423) Vol. 133; no. 531; pp. 677 - 696 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jul2024
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