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Parfit's Argumentative Analysis

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Parfit creates a situation where future travel to Mars has been revolutionized by teleportation. In his situation the individual in question has traveled to Mars before the traditional way, by spaceship. The commuter is considering using teleportation to travel to his job on Mars because the risk and length of the spaceship. Parfit’s version of simple teleportation includes the commuter being unconscious for an hour and receiving a full body scan. The full body scan copies the commuters entire body cell by cell in order to make the replica of the commuter have the same brain and body as the commuter. Then by radio waves the commuter’s information is sent to Mars at the speed of light. After the teleportation the individual teleported wakes up on Mars with the same body and all of old memories. In Parfit’s example simple teleportation becomes a normal occurrence. Based on Parfit’s version of simple teleporter I would use …show more content…

Due to the fact the Descartes believes that the soul is not physical, the scan and radio transmission presents no harm. If the scan is purely physical and the person’s characteristics and personality do not change then there is no indication that the person’s identity has changed. As for Locke’s view on personal identity the person’s memories and experiences are the same as when they were on Earth. The hour lost is as minuscule as an hour nap when it comes to who a person is and what they identify as. Parfit indicates that the commuter mentioned remembers breakfast and cutting his face when he wakes up. By Locke’s the commuter is the same personality wise. Even if a non – teleportation travel supporter mentions a complication in radio transport or a change of identity due to teleportation it still outweighs the risk and time of space travel via

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