Watch the video below on personhood and the one on arguments against personal id

Question

Watch the video below on personhood and the one on arguments against personal identity, and then answer these questions: Which of the theories about personal identity do you find the most plausible and why? Which of the arguments against personal identity do you think is hardest to overcome (i.e. the most convincing) and why?

Personhood: Crash Course Philosophy #21. YouTube video file. [9:13]. CrashCourse. 2016, Jul 25. youtu.be/GxM9BZeRrUI  

Personhood: Crash Course Philosophy #20. YouTube video file. [9:43]. CrashCourse. 2016, Jul 11. youtu.be/17WiQ_tNld4

Explanation / Answer

I think the last video that which showcases most of the ideas of David Hume is very apt one. I personally agree with this philosophy. We just term the person or the personality about having so and so and particular set of characteristics. And hence there are personal issues if there is conflict of opinion. All human being are same and they have same human capacity. And his statement that every person is ever changing as per the experience or the age is very true. Today a youth might find that his parents are not liberal in thinking, they are conservative, anxious etc but when he would enter into their stage have own child of his own, he would certainly carry more of responsibility trait rather than care free person. He would then be strict, appropriate but as per his child non-liberal etc. Hence whatever terms we associate with any personality are always changing as per the experience and our thought process.

The first video about differentiating a person from a human is very hard to convince. When we talk about human, we definitely talk about the person. We bring the whole picture, idea, the name, etc in our mind and not just body or skeleton. It is impossible to to keep both of them separate because we have got the greatest thinking powers and hence we tend to think and it is but natural about the person i.e. the moral values as per this video.

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