You Are Them
- Authors
- Vinding, Magnus
- Publisher
- Magnus Vinding
- Tags
- personal identity , rational egoism , self , ethics , philosophy , selfishness , the self , ego
- Date
- 2017-04-21T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.28 MB
- Lang
- en
What follows if we reject belief in any kind of non-physical soul and instead fully embrace what we know about the world? The main implication, this book argues, is a naturalization of personal identity and ethics. A radically different way of thinking about ourself.
“A precondition of rational behaviour is a basic understanding of the nature of oneself and the world. Any fusion of ethical and decision-theoretic rationality into a seamless package runs counter to some our deepest intuitions. But "You Are Them" makes a powerful case. Magnus Vinding's best book to date. Highly recommended.” — David Pearce, co-founder of The Neuroethics Foundation, co-founder of World Transhumanist Association / Humanity+, and author of 'The Hedonistic Imperative' and 'The Anti-Speciesist Revolution'.