Locke's Tale of the Prince and the Cobbler thought experiment shows that:
A) persons are not identical to their bodies because of the possibility of body switches.
B) the first shall be last, and the last shall be first.
C) corruption occurs on all levels of society.
D) personal identity is irrelevant to moral responsibility.
E) a person is identical to his or her own body.

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Locke's Tale of the Prince and the Cobbler thought experiment is used to argue that personal identity is not tied to the same body, but rather to consciousness or memory, illustrating the possibility of body switches while maintaining personal identity.

Locke's Tale of the Prince and the Cobbler Thought Experiment