PHIL 1550 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Intelligent Dance Music, If And Only If

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 1550
• Professor: Nalini E Ramlakhan

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From there, we can see whose wishes are more authoritative. Psychological criterion: om and ym are numerically identical if they have psychological continuity. Then we can"t tell if they have psych continuity. Biological criterion: om and ym are numerically identical if they are biological continuous. In this case, ym"s authority would be honoured over om"s authority. Narrative identity: ym would seem to have authority if they"re part of the same narrative, then it makes sense. We know that ym has the longest unity of psych continuity/connectedness. Longest unity determines the good of the whole life. Split identities/personalities that don"t recall events fr the real" identity of the person or different identities. The behavior is controlling over the person"s real identity. The alters" or different selves" have their own gender, age, etc. You would perform therapy to combine the identities. Is it permissible to kill off" identities: after all, these dids are distinct persons.