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Parfit's key claim about identity?
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Personal identity may not be what matters — what matters is psychological connectedness and continuity.
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Why did Parfit find this liberating?
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If identity isn't what matters, the fear of death softens — our values and effects can continue in others.
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The main views of identity (topic map)?
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Body view · memory (Locke/Reid) · no-self (Vasubandhu/Hume) · Parfit (connectedness).
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What does Paper 1 Section A ask?
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Use a stimulus + your own knowledge to explore a philosophical issue about being human [25].
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What lifts a Section A answer to the top band?
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Exploring and weighing several views on the stimulus and reaching a reasoned conclusion — not describing.
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Connectedness vs identity?
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Identity = being literally the same person. Connectedness = sharing memories, plans, character. Parfit says the second is what we care about.
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