Derek Parfit Quote

To be a person, a being must be self-conscious, aware of its identity and its continued existence over time.


Reasons and Persons (1984), p. 202


To be a person, a being must be self-conscious, aware of its identity and its continued existence over time.

To be a person, a being must be self-conscious, aware of its identity and its continued existence over time.

To be a person, a being must be self-conscious, aware of its identity and its continued existence over time.

To be a person, a being must be self-conscious, aware of its identity and its continued existence over time.