Personal identity is, by all means, the condition that defines a human being. This state that determines the personality has been studied from many philosophers. In particular, John Locke, in chapter XXVII Identity and Diversity of his Essay II…John Locke was an English philosopher and political theorist in his “Essay Concerning Human Understanding,” he advanced a theory of identity arising from accumulated experiences and studies. He discusses his theory of personal identity and diversity and he goes on to elaborate what makes and consist in an identity, and the diversity that consists of making a person. What makes a person is it their personal identity or soul or something else, a person’s memory starts at a young age and from their motion …show more content…
In Locke’s example of a person committing a crime according to his theory one cannot be punished for someone’s actions who doesn’t recall any of the memory when the crime was committed, though many people commit crime being fully aware of who they are and know the differences between right and wrong yet still they can go in to full rage of anger when their emotions heightened to the point were they complete forget where they are or who they are for the moment being and just focus into the crime they are committing, this action is just a result of how far a person’s emotion can go when they are provoked or threatened to such extreme they become someone they didn’t even know it was possible, that does not mean they become a different person they are still the same person that committed the crime is just a different side of them nonetheless still the same person they were before and after committing the