Introduction

Abstract

Debate about the meaning and identity of persons is intricate and vexed. Recently, it has been much invigorated by Derek Parfit,1 who offers a powerful new challenge to the notion that personal identity is continuous over time. Parfit suggests that there is no more to a person than psychological and physical connectedness, and, like nations, people are subject to changing boundaries. Consequently, it is reasonable to propose that we can be different persons at different times in our lives.