PHIL 1100 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Galen Strawson, Bad Life, Derek Parfit
20 Oct 2017
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Argument that there is reason to act morally (nagarjuna) (1) there is no unchanging self (2) if there is no unchanging self, then self-interest should not be interest in the self. _____________________________________________________ (3) self-interest should not be interest in the self. (4) if self-interest should not be interest in the self, then it should be either interest in some others or in all others. ________________________________________________________________________________ (5) self-interest should be either interest in some others or all others. (6) it should not be interest in merely some others. __________ (6) self-interest should not be interest in merely some others. backup for (ii): if you have no self, then no one has a self, and there is no way to discriminate between people. Unchanging self vs. self-survival (derek parfit: survival of person over time is a matter of connectedness of memories, connectedness of memories is a matter of degree, therefore, survival of a person over time is a matter of degree.
