PHIL 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Brain Donor, Christiaan Barnard, Toonie

• School: Brock University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 1F90
• Professor: Richard Brown

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Question 1: after the meeting the dad corners the headmistress asking if he will be normal, (answer not like everyone else but will make him the best he can be) 2 features: destructive behaviour is a sign of genuine improvement. 2 social problems: mental physical and emotional and financial problem, should society have to pay for the education of students that are like tommy. Dr. nicholson called and said another boy sam had heart failure and is body dead and he could be the brain donor for tommy or is tommy going to be the body donor for sam. Personal identity: criteria: body, brain, mind or soul, memory (same thoughts, feelings, hopes, beliefs, there is no abiding self. Illusion theory: 1 toonie = 2 loonies. In class the example of the flame and candles. Continuity has been broken (it is not the same flame)