I wonder whether you can hold to any meaningful ‘individual’, whether the difference be bit-wise or no.
Indeed, that’s what I’m driving at.
Harking back to my earlier comment, changing a single bit and suddenly having a whole new person is where my problem arises. If you change that bit back, are you back to one person? I might not be thinking hard enough, but my intuition doesn’t accept that. With that in mind, I prefer to bite that bullet than talk about degrees of person-hood.
If you change that bit back, are you back to one person? I might not be thinking hard enough, but my intuition doesn’t accept that.
Here’s an intuition for you: you take the number 5 and add 1 to it; then you subtract 1 from it; don’t you have what you started with?
With that in mind, I prefer to bite that bullet than talk about degrees of person-hood.
Well, I can’t really argue with that. As long as you realize you’re biting that bullet, I think we’re still in a situation where it’s just dueling intuitions. (Your intuition says one thing, mine another.)
Indeed, that’s what I’m driving at.
Harking back to my earlier comment, changing a single bit and suddenly having a whole new person is where my problem arises. If you change that bit back, are you back to one person? I might not be thinking hard enough, but my intuition doesn’t accept that. With that in mind, I prefer to bite that bullet than talk about degrees of person-hood.
Here’s an intuition for you: you take the number 5 and add 1 to it; then you subtract 1 from it; don’t you have what you started with?
Well, I can’t really argue with that. As long as you realize you’re biting that bullet, I think we’re still in a situation where it’s just dueling intuitions. (Your intuition says one thing, mine another.)