John Locke Conciseness

Often times we hear proclamations of people around us saying that they are uniquely created, making them an unrepeatable identity. One may wonder what they mean exactly by claiming to be unique, it brings up the question of how every single person that has ever lived on the earth be different? Every human has a body along with a mind that correspond between each other, the features of a body or outlooks on the world are often times repeated. What is it that makes every single person different from billions of other humans? As an answer to the question, John Locke speculates that even our bodies are not the distinction of difference between people due to the idea that someone can have multiple origins of beginning. The argument that Locke proposes is that every person has a conciseness that make them differentiable between other humans. The trait of a human’s ability to be concise of their existence, …show more content…
Based on Christian views when a person dies, after a while resurrection occurs which automatically gives the person a new body. With this idea, there becomes a resolution to the problem that there needs to be a body the conciseness can reside in to function. Therefore, the problem with the conciseness not being the main reason of proof of identity is illuminated. A person’s body is simply exchanged for a new one after death so the conscience has everything to do with one’s identity. In addition, there are people out there who get implants of all kinds but their conciseness remains as it was previously. The change from the body before death to the one after death doesn’t play any kind of change to the conciseness of a person. Locke’s view on one’s personal identity is the best because there is no way for someone to exist with changes occurring to them but remaining the same person without Locke’s detailed

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