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S01E14: Selecting for Deafness - David Deutsch

Dilemma Podcast

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The Morality of the Situation

A person is a mind it's a program it's a configuration of a brain that is the person. If I if I lose an arm in an accident I may become a different person as a result but I don't become any less a person, he says. The morality of the situation is about what the entity can do and so to play the amputation game that you started with yourself yeahif I start amputate amputating senses at what point would that in your definition of person remove your none even if I'm totally in a sensory in a sensory deprivation tank you would still be able to create explanation yes can you explain how that would be well? He adds: "It's not always

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