Biology
Existence
If, as Dawkins reminds us in "The God Delusion", our cellular self is completely renewed over time, should we absolve the criminal of his crimes after time has passed on the grounds that he is no longer the person that committed the crime - for example, the rapist who is not caught until decades after his crime, or the aging general who committed war crimes.
If not, does this prove that there is more to the self-hood of a person than just a collection of cells?
Accepted:March 19, 2010
Accepted:
March 19, 2010