Personal identity and what matters

• Main Author: Joaquin, Jeremiah Joven B.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: Identity (Philosophical concept); Philosophy
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/90
• Institution: De La Salle University

There are two general views about the nature of what matters, i.e. about the metaphysical ground of prudential concern, the ground of the concern we have for our own future welfare. On the one hand, the identity-is-what-matters view tells us that prudential concern is grounded on one's continui...