Thread: Who am I?
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Old 01-08-2004, 10:25 PM   #1
Kiddiarni
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Default Who am I?

Is one of the big questions in philosophy

So what is the answer?

Is "I" the body or the Spirit? Or maybe both?

Here is an example that a philosopher made (don't remember his name)

"Mr.A and Mr. B are voluanteers in a test. They go into a machine and exchange "brains". So when Mr.A comes out he has the memories and thoughs, act and everything that is inside you (spiritual, not organic) of Mr. B and vice versa. So, is Mr. A still Mr. A or is He Mr.B now?"

When you have thought about that here's the next part.

"Mr. A has to choose a destiny for him when he comes out of the machine. The decision has to be COMPLETELY NOT-selfish. He has to say, which one will be tortured slowly and painfully to death, and which one of them will get one million dollars(Tax free :P). So if the decision has to be completely UN-selfish which one will get the million? Mr.A or Mr.B?"

Now, if you can reach a decision, all together, you have done something that philosophists haven't done, and probarbly never will.
                       
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