Group A - 1
The identity-doesn’t-matter view says that what really counts for survival is not exact
personal identity but the carrying on of the mental traits like memory, goals, and character.
Even if no later person is fully the same as me, the things I value—my plans, my ties with
others, and my way of thinking—can still continue. From this view, survival does not require
being the very same person. (Identity) What matters is that what I care about goes on.
Group B - 5
A big problem for four dimensionalism is that it seems to show many versions of one
person, stretched out across time. This brings the strange thought that several “selves”
exist at once within what we usually see as one life. Such an idea feels confusing, since it
weakens the simple sense of being one whole person. The theory may give a neat answer to
some puzzles, but it asks us to accept the results that go strongly against common sense.