We don't have an agreed way to determine whether personal identity survives radical psychological change, such as severe memory loss.
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If someone's memories, personality, and values change completely, it's unclear whether they remain the same person in any meaningful moral or metaphysical sense. This unresolved question has real implications for how we treat people with advanced dementia.
Citation ID: WS01114
Title: We don't have an agreed way to determine whether personal identity survives radical psychological change, such as severe memory loss.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=1114