Most of us have a special interest in what will happen to ourselves. If you learn that someone will win a one-million lottery tomorrow, you feel happy for them. If you are then told that the someone is you, a new set of emotions arises. What am I? The course discusses the possibility of life after death, the existence of a soul, the possibility and desirability of immortality, abortion, and euthanasia. These discussions greatly affect how one chooses one's religion and perceives the value of life. We will read classical and contemporary theories of the self, personal identity, afterlife, death, and will explore the relation between the self and its environment, the basis of (non)egoistic future concerns and responsibilities. By looking at different approaches and various (Eastern and Western) philosophical and religious traditions to answering fundamental questions, we learn to develop the habit to think in a critical way.