Identity, Consciousness, and Value

Peter Unger is Professor of Philosophy at New York University. He is the author of Ignorance (OUP 1975, 2002), Philosophical Relativity (1984, OUP 2002), and Living High and Letting Die (OUP 1996).

`This is a work of striking boldness and originality: a philosophical tour de force that deserves to become a classic in the field. With a host of ingenious thought-experiments, Peter Unger probes our deepest convictions concerning our identity through time and what gives value to life drawing out their detailed implications. The result is a powerful and impressive theory of human identity (and its associated values) which seems clearly superior to views currently in vogue. Thorough and rigorously argued, the work is also eminently readable, written in a lively and attractively forthright manner. It is a `must' for anyone with a serious interest in these issues.' Michael Lockwood, Fellow of Green College, Oxford