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What defines who we are? What is our identity?

Asked by aaronou (735points) August 1st, 2008

I can lose motion in my body, or even a number of my parts, but people would still say I am me. I can lose my mind and my memory, but sitting in a nursing home, people would still identify me as Aaron. Or maybe when these things go downhill, maybe I am not me. What specifically makes me who I am, what defines us as an individual, what is a person’s identity?

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