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Author’s Abstract

1. This paper argues that there are no people.
2. If identity isn't what matters¹ in survival, psychological connectedness isn't what matters² either. Further, fissioning cases do not support the claim that connectedness is what matters³.
3. I consider Peter Unger's view that what matters⁴ is a continuous physical realization of a core psychology.
4. I conclude that if identity isn't what matters⁵ in survival, nothing matters. This conclusion is deployed to argue that there are no people.
5. Objections to Eliminativism are considered, especially that morality cannot survive the loss of persons.