Views of the person with dementia

In this paper I consider, in connection with dementia, two views of the per son. One view of the person is derived from Locke and Parfit. This tends to regard the person solely in terms of psychological states and his/her conn ections. The second view of the person is derived from a variety of thinker s. I have called it the situated-embodied-agent view of the person. This vi ew, I suggest, more readily squares with the reality of clinical experience . It regards the person as embedded in a history and culture. The human per son is also an embodied agent. I contend that this view encourages a more a ppropriate approach towards the ethical issues that arise in dementia and r ewards people with dementia.