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prima.vera's avatar

we can't separate our doings from us, can we? How liberating it would be to think that no actions are our own.

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Buen Ravov's avatar

Well, there are pretty big chunk of examples where we, sorta, can -- unwillingly induced delirium, personality split disorder, etc. I see the point Locke is making here connected to the rise of modern state (therefore law, after all his though was influential for Thomas Jefferson, for example). In order to be subjected to the law, one needs to be the same person over time. However, there are extreme examples where the perspective shifts and the identity turns into a non-identity, where our doings are or should be seen as disconnected from the Self.

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prima.vera's avatar

so rehabilitative programs could never work?

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Buen Ravov's avatar

How so?

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prima.vera's avatar

All correctional facilities, programs, etc are tools created by the law to serve the law, but if the law requires from the Self to not change, then all of those means to "correct" the Self were never intended to work in the first place. Does that make sense?

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