Persuasive Essay On Surviving Death

Surviving Death Death is not really something that most people like to talk about. Which is understandable, why would we, as the human species, talk about our own mortality. Most of us like to experience life in the now rather then think about the future and what will happen when our time runs out. Though as much as we do not like to talk about death at the same time we are fascinated with it. Humans really do seem fascinated with death at times. Along with this fascination there is also a fascination in the debate on whether or not humans have souls and if one day our soul will move on. When we die will our soul go to the after life? Or will it just move on to a new body and a new person with reincarnation? The idea of surviving our deaths through the means of a soul taking us to the afterlife is one that seems to give some people hope about their futures. Because of this there is many different views on the subject, though there is one that will be more focused on. Personal Identity by itself is talks about human beings and their experiences, or what makes us have our own experiences in life. There are three different views when it comes to personal identity. These include the body view, the soul view, and the personality view. Each seem to explain different …show more content…
The other views have the same first part of the premises as well, though the second part of all three changes depending on the view. With the soul view its obviously the soul, the body view states that they have the same body, and finally the personality view states that they have the same personality if the two people at the two times have the same There are other versions of what the explanations for the soul view is but this seems to be the most recognized explanation. Out of the three I personally feel that this view is the one with the most weight to