personal identity theme
The tricky, as yet sci-fi:ish, question of what precisely constitutes ones "personhood" is posed: Is it DNA, the body, the brain, memories, something elusive called the "soul," or a combination of these? What happens, legally and ethically, if some of these are copied or transferred somehow?
72 total · 11 choice · 43 major · 18 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| bbf3x04 | choice | we were asked to what extent the mind wiped person was a different person than before |
| blackmirror4x01 | choice | We are made to ponder how real the digital clones were. |
| ds91x08 | choice | what constitutes Dax' personhood? |
| ds92x16 | choice | were the holographic Yaderan people? |
| movie: Megaville (1990) | choice | While we are led to believe that Palinov had assumed Jensen's identity, it turned out that it was actually Jensen and that he's been implanted with Palinov's memories. We are left to wonder to what extent Jensen and Palinov were different people. |
| movie: Possessor (2020) | choice | Tasya's consciousness became trapped in Colin's body and they started to mesh together into one discombobulated person. |
| tng6x24 | choice | there are two Rikers |
| tz1985e3x30 | choice | Was Darius still human, and still himself, after replacing his brain with a computer? How about after becoming a program on CD? |
| voy2x24 | choice | Tuvix |
| voy5x18 | choice | which crew is the real Voyager crew? |