If we look at 17!Austin and 27!Austin as two different people, then I don’t see why 27!Austin would have any obligation to do anything for 17!Austin if 27!Austin doesn’t want to do it, just like I wouldn’t attend masses just because my friend from 10 years ago who is also dead now wanted me to.
If we look at 17!Austin and 27!Austin as a continuation of the same person, then 27!Austin can do whatever he wants, because everybody has a right to change their mind and perspective, to evolve and to correct mistakes of their past.
If we consider information preservation to be important and valuable, then I would argue that 27!Austin already keeps much more of 17!Austin by simply existing than he could by attending masses. 27!Austin and any future version of Austin is an evolution of 17!Austin, and the best he can do to honor 17!Austin is to just stay alive.
If we look at 17!Austin and 27!Austin as two different people, then I don’t see why 27!Austin would have any obligation to do anything for 17!Austin if 27!Austin doesn’t want to do it.
But that’s not true! Even if I don’t feel obliged to 100% comply with what other people want, I certainly am affected by their desires and want to compromise. Yes, maybe it’s not quite an “obligation”, but I rarely experience those towards whoever anyway.
just like I wouldn’t attend masses just because my friend from 10 years ago who is also dead now wanted me to.
I’m not so sure about this analogy—intuitively, aren’t your obligations to yourself much stronger than to a friend? E.g. if a friend randomly asked for $5000 to pay for a vacation I wouldn’t just randomly give it to her; but if my twin or past self spent that much I’d be something like 10-100x more likely to to oblige.
If we look at 17!Austin and 27!Austin as two different people, then I don’t see why 27!Austin would have any obligation to do anything for 17!Austin if 27!Austin doesn’t want to do it, just like I wouldn’t attend masses just because my friend from 10 years ago who is also dead now wanted me to.
If we look at 17!Austin and 27!Austin as a continuation of the same person, then 27!Austin can do whatever he wants, because everybody has a right to change their mind and perspective, to evolve and to correct mistakes of their past.
If we consider information preservation to be important and valuable, then I would argue that 27!Austin already keeps much more of 17!Austin by simply existing than he could by attending masses. 27!Austin and any future version of Austin is an evolution of 17!Austin, and the best he can do to honor 17!Austin is to just stay alive.
But that’s not true! Even if I don’t feel obliged to 100% comply with what other people want, I certainly am affected by their desires and want to compromise. Yes, maybe it’s not quite an “obligation”, but I rarely experience those towards whoever anyway.
I’m not so sure about this analogy—intuitively, aren’t your obligations to yourself much stronger than to a friend? E.g. if a friend randomly asked for $5000 to pay for a vacation I wouldn’t just randomly give it to her; but if my twin or past self spent that much I’d be something like 10-100x more likely to to oblige.