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mrob 2 hours ago

There is no symmetry. The original existed when the clone did not exist.

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ben_w 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Irrelevant.

The argument itself is symmetric, it applies just as well to your own continued existence as a human.

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mrob 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Only if you deny the reality of consciousness being tied to a physical substrate.

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ben_w 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Incorrect.

To deny that is to assert that consciousness is non-physical, i.e. a soul exists; the case in which a soul exists, brain uploads don't get them and don't get to be moral subjects.

	▲	mrob 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's the exact opposite. The original is the original because it ran on the original hardware. The copy is created inferior because it did not. Intentionally creating inferior beings of equal moral weight is wrong.