Death of the Individual

  “Death of the individual. There is no such thing as self, argues professor Tom Oliver” [The Telegraph] – Evolution, Morality and Politics (evolutionmoralitypolitics.com) 

After reading the article, write a short essay answering the following questions:

1. Compare the theme in the above article with the notions of personal identity in Buddhism. 

2. What are some of the similarities between Buddhism  and this modern notion of of self?

3. Based on what you know about Buddhism, what might be some of the dissimilarities within Buddhism and this modern reductive view of identity. 

Your writing should be typed in a Word document in 12 point, Times New Roman font and must be over 250 words in length. You do not need outside sources to complete this assignment, reading the article should be enough