The Unimportance of Identity Multiple Choice

. The bodily criterion of personal identity says that a person exists as long as

That person's body exists.

That person's brain exists.

At least half of that person's brain exists.

The person has a similar enough body, such as a twin's.

. When Parfit imagines his head transplanted onto his twin's body, does he think that he would still be the same person after this operation?

Yes.

No.

Parfit thinks there is no way to know.

Parfit thinks the question is unimportant.

. What is Parfit's opinion about the bodily criterion of personal identity?

He agrees with it.

He rejects it.

Since he thinks personal identity is unimportant, it doesn't matter.

He doesn't tell us in this selection.

. According to the brain-based psychological criterion, a future person is me if that person has

Enough of my brain to be psychologically continuous with me.

At least half of my brain.

All the same brain states as me.

Rational and moral continuity with me.

. In Parfit's single case, what does he conclude about the new person created?

It doesn't matter whether the new person is Parfit.

It is indeterminate whether the new person is Parfit.

The new person created is not Parfit.

The new person created is Parfit.

. What do the single and double cases have in common?

Parfit has no relationship to the new people created in either case.

Parfit has the same relationship to the new people created in each case.

Parfit's identity survives in both cases.

Parfit's identity doesn't survive in either case.

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