DOI
10.1017/S147717562100049X
Abstract
Suppose that it was possible to teletransport. The teletransporter would destroy your old brain and body and construct an identical brain and body at a new location. Would you survive teletransportation? Many people think that teletransportation would kill you. On their view, the person that emerges from the teletransporter would be a replica of you, but it wouldn't be you. In contrast, I argue that there's no relevant difference between teletransportation and ordinary survival. So, if you survive ordinary life, then you survive teletransportation. Yet my argument may also show that we have little prudential reason to care about our survival in general.
Document Type
Restricted Article: Campus only access
Publication Date
2022
Publisher Statement
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S147717562100049X
The definitive version is available at: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/think/article/you-survive-teletransportation/FE76F4855643D6463B9AA0C77A9EE8B5
Recommended Citation
Hidalgo, J. (2022). YOU SURVIVE TELETRANSPORTATION. Think, 21(61), 83–92. https://doi.org/10.1017/S147717562100049X
