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The beginning of human personhood is the moment when a human is first recognized as a person. There are differences of opinion about the precise time when human personhood begins and the nature of that status.
Personhood is the status of being a person, which is a controversial topic in philosophy and law. The article explores various philosophical definitions of personhood, and how it relates to legal and political concepts, as well as to the beginning of human personhood.
This article explores the question of when human personhood begins from a Thomistic perspective that integrates biological and metaphysical aspects. It examines the arguments of Olson and Ford on the origin of human biological organism and the role of ensoulment in human personhood.
This work explores whether a human being formed at fertilization becomes a human person at some point of development versus the notion that personhood is inextricably interrelated and inherent from the point of fertilization or fusion of egg and sperm.
1 sty 2007 · Many philosophers and scientists have argued about the moral status of the prenate and when a human individual’s life begins (Fletcher, 1972; Tooley, 1973; Harris, 1985), but an acceptable explanation that satisfies everyone is still not forthcoming. In this article, the issue will be examined from philosophical and theological perspectives.
'When did I, a human person, begin to exist?' In developing an answer to this question, I utilize a Thomistic framework, which holds that the human person is a composite of a biological organism and an intellective soul.
1 maj 2000 · Eric Olson and Norman Ford both argue that the beginning of an individual human biological organism occurs at the moment when implantation of the zygote in the uterus occurs and the ‘primitive...
