Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit
What Is Personal Identity? Norton's Introduction
What is Personal Identity/ Reason and Person
Overview
The purpose of this OER is to explore and define the concept of What is Personal Identity?, from Chapter 11 of Norton's Introductions to Philosophy, and Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit. The OER was created by an undergraduate student from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and includes the breakdown of the material covered in the lesson. Discussion questions are provided to engage participants by contributing to the provided material covered. Following the discussion questions, an article covering the concept of cloning is provided to assist in the argument of Parfit's theory of personal identity and replication, along with a quiz.
What is Personal Identity?
This OER explores the concept of Personal Identity from Norton's introduction and is related to Derek Parfit's theory of identity. The aim of this OER is to discover concepts regarding identity and the ideas of what makes up one's Personal Identity. https://www.oercommons.org/editor/documents/13398