Philosophical Question: What if your family members were replaced by exact copies?

Do they retain memories?

Can I get your dealer’s number?

there was a Black Mirror episode about this

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but someone created a copy of them that was perfect right down to the atomic level, would they be the same person and would you love them just as much?

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but the answer to this is no, even if they were created equal at the atomic level, they would still lack the experiences of life as the previous version, therefore they would be a different person

Unknownknight alter.

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Philosophical Question: What if your family members were replaced by exact copies?

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And how about quantum teleportation. Would you remain "you" if teleported?

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Corollary to the original question: Can a murdered get off death row if they can create a copy of their victim that is the same down to the atomic level?

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No because they still committed the act

You still go to jail for theft, even if I can buy what you stole from me

Rick and Morty did this is season one.

Somebody has been watching Black Mirror.

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An eye for an eye, but what if the victim can get a perfect copy of their eye back?

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Our justice system isn't based on eye for eye though.

I have researched this a small amount. Common thought is if we ever had the ability to clone at the subatomic level, there is no proof consciousness would be the same. So it will basically be another human.