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If I have no memory of some period in my past, then should I be pleased to discover that was happy during that period? Or is it that past experiences are valuable only through the pleasure their memories give us in the present?
You should be at least as pleased as you would be to discover that someone else was happy during that period.
There is something I find very satisfying about this answer. Possibly this is related to the fact that I like to think of people-over-time as being a succession of distinct, but closely related, identities.
Given that the other person you discover to be happy may be benefiting from the memory of that time, does that have to be true?