The Federation is guilty of mass homicide, and only covers its tracks by releasing an exact duplicate of everyone killed by their euphemistically-named "transporters".
-- Steve's definition of continuity of consciousness is a bit stricter than some others'.
You're assuming there that self-identity requires continuity of consciousness.
(Also, the Federation explicitly exists in a universe where souls exist, so if you assume that souls travel to the new copy of the body instantly then they're killing them and then bringing them back to life!)
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andrewducker) wrote2011-05-11 08:01 am
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-- Steve's definition of continuity of consciousness is a bit stricter than some others'.
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(Also, the Federation explicitly exists in a universe where souls exist, so if you assume that souls travel to the new copy of the body instantly then they're killing them and then bringing them back to life!)