The Psychological Criterion of Personal Identity and Fission

Daniel Sanderson
Sep 3, 2018 · 7 min read

Eve is forward psychologically continuous with Lefty and Eve is forward psychologically continuous with Right, but Lefty and Righty are not forward psychologically continuous with each other. Is this a problem for the Psychological Criterion of Personal Identity? What lesson does Parfit think we should draw from these examples? Is he right? Why or why not?

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