Well, I was reading about this philosopher Gretchen Weirob and she argues that
following the operation in which Julia’s brain is transplanted into Mary Frances’ body,
the resulting person will be identical to Mary Frances for the reason that the body is what makes the person, and I disagree for the reason that I believe that it is same consciousness same person.
Weirob when making her position on the Mary Frances case is very careful so that she does not give any room for any other case other than the body is what makes the person. A lot of her arguments are very well formed so that they both improve her point while rejecting the other's points. Her very first argument she starts by saying “ if my refusal to submit to this procedure amounts to suicide, then the survivor of Julia North’s operation must be reckoned …show more content…
But I find her way of thinking very unreasonable because she gives no room for a counter argument to change how she thinks. Again I think that consciousness is what makes you who you are. Your body is only something to hold that consciousness in one place. So if your body dies your consciousness just moves to a new place. In the case of Julia North I believe that it is Julia who survives because it is her brain her consciousness that is being moved into a new vessel. This is contradicting to what Weirob said because she believes that Mary Francis is the one who survives because it is her body. Now I understand where she is coming from because you wouldn't want to say that the one thing you know for sure is you is not you. But your body changes at a very quick rate. You yourself is different not just a year ago or a couple of months but just in the time of reading this paper your body has changed. Yes your consciousness changes but not as quickly as the body. So I believe that the consciousness gives you more of a constant. This makes me believe that consciousness is what makes you,
following the operation in which Julia’s brain is transplanted into Mary Frances’ body,
the resulting person will be identical to Mary Frances for the reason that the body is what makes the person, and I disagree for the reason that I believe that it is same consciousness same person.
Weirob when making her position on the Mary Frances case is very careful so that she does not give any room for any other case other than the body is what makes the person. A lot of her arguments are very well formed so that they both improve her point while rejecting the other's points. Her very first argument she starts by saying “ if my refusal to submit to this procedure amounts to suicide, then the survivor of Julia North’s operation must be reckoned …show more content…
But I find her way of thinking very unreasonable because she gives no room for a counter argument to change how she thinks. Again I think that consciousness is what makes you who you are. Your body is only something to hold that consciousness in one place. So if your body dies your consciousness just moves to a new place. In the case of Julia North I believe that it is Julia who survives because it is her brain her consciousness that is being moved into a new vessel. This is contradicting to what Weirob said because she believes that Mary Francis is the one who survives because it is her body. Now I understand where she is coming from because you wouldn't want to say that the one thing you know for sure is you is not you. But your body changes at a very quick rate. You yourself is different not just a year ago or a couple of months but just in the time of reading this paper your body has changed. Yes your consciousness changes but not as quickly as the body. So I believe that the consciousness gives you more of a constant. This makes me believe that consciousness is what makes you,