nonidentity problem
nonidentity problem · nonidentity problems
The philosophical problem involving our ethical obligations to future persons which…The philosophical problem involving our ethical obligations to future persons which derives from the observation that different courses of action will result in entirely different, or nonidentical, persons coming to be.
Meaning
1 sensesThe philosophical problem involving our ethical obligations to future persons which derives from the observation that different courses of action will result in entirely different, or nonidentical, persons coming to be.
Origin
The articulation of the problem is credited to Derek Parfit in his work Reasons and PersonThe articulation of the problem is credited to Derek Parfit in his work Reasons and Persons.
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