Parfit D. We Are Not Human Beings / trans. from Engl. U. V. Dobronravova

The article presents a comparative analysis the views on the problem of personality identity by Neo-Lockeanism (Shoemaker, Parfit, Armored Vehicle Kit Lewis) and Animalism (Olson, Snowden, Carter).A certain of main objections to the psychological criterion (the problem of too many thinkers, the too many persons Nails problem, the thinking parts problem, etc.) are critically examined.Basic animalist intuitions are refuted by the embodied person view (McMahan).

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