Ep. 171: Do People Exist?

The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether or not “people exist”. Every 5 years the physical contents of one’s body is rebuilt a la ship of theseus. Considering there is no physical part of one’s body that is still there from 5 years ago how do we socially view others and ourselves? Are humans a kind of “intellectual property”? Are secular thinkers forced into a kind of non-physical essence of humans? How do these issues play out in political philosophy considering most intellectuals infer a kind of “body ownership” or “labor ownership”?