According to Parfit, What Do the Single and Double Cases

question 52

Multiple Choice

According to Parfit, what do the single and double cases show about personal identity?

• A) Personal identity depends on the brain, not on the body.
• B) Personal identity is an incoherent concept that cannot be clearly defined.
• C) What matters is the relationship one has to future people, not personal identity.
• D) What matters is our thoughts and experiences, not personal identity.

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Definitions:

Foraging Strategy

The behavioral patterns and techniques employed by animals, including humans, to find and gather food.

Allele Frequency

The relative frequency of an allele (variant of a gene) at a particular gene locus in a population, indicating genetic diversity.

Genetic Drift

A mechanism of evolution that involves random changes in the gene frequencies of a population over time.

Population Size

The total number of individuals within a species that occupy a particular geographic area.