I'd like to start giving people the option of commenting on shorter Cold Takes pieces (which I don't cross-post here or provide audio for). I'm going to use this post for that: I will generally leave a comment for each piece, and people can leave their comments as replies to that.
Let's say HT is Holden at time T.
Plausible Moral Rule (PMR): People cannot be morally blameworthy for actions that occurred before they existed.
By the PMR, for instance, HT cannot be blameworthy for a murder committed by Ted Bundy.
Now suppose that HT−1 committed murder on national television.
According to the view of personhood laid out in this post, plus the PMR, it seems like HT is not blameworthy for the murder committed by HT−1.
That seems whacky.
I think that seems whacky for precisely the reason that HT and HT−1 are the same person.
(Quick note: HT seems blameworthy for HT−1's murder in a way that's fundamentally different than the way we might say Holden's parents are blameworthy, even if HT−1 is a minor.)