The first sentence is an unlikely definition of “you” or can be stipulated to be false.
I mean it as just one part of a much larger definition that includes far more things than just that. The history of how I was created obviously affects who I am.
Of course, it’s possible that Bob the Jerk really created me and then I was secretly adopted. But if that’s the case then he already exists in this universe, so I have no obligation to create him regardless.
If an essential part of who Bob the Jerk is is that he was a member of the KKK in 1965, does that mean it’s physically impossible for me to create him, I can only create a very similar person with falsified memories? I suppose it would depend on if the hypothetical deal involved creating him, or creating a sufficiently similar person. But if it involved creating a sufficiently similar person, I suppose I have no acausal obligation to Bob.
I mean it as just one part of a much larger definition that includes far more things than just that. The history of how I was created obviously affects who I am.
Of course, it’s possible that Bob the Jerk really created me and then I was secretly adopted. But if that’s the case then he already exists in this universe, so I have no obligation to create him regardless.
If an essential part of who Bob the Jerk is is that he was a member of the KKK in 1965, does that mean it’s physically impossible for me to create him, I can only create a very similar person with falsified memories? I suppose it would depend on if the hypothetical deal involved creating him, or creating a sufficiently similar person. But if it involved creating a sufficiently similar person, I suppose I have no acausal obligation to Bob.